The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 3/20/23

Good morning kids. Were it not so utterly tragic, I'd be laughing my ass off instead of retching my guts up. For just over two years, we've endured the abject disaster of an economy induced into near total free-fall, the nightmare of rushing headlong to touch of World War 3, the confirmation that the origins of and response to General Tso's Sicken (Chinese COVID) were a total disaster, a national crime wave made worse by a non-existent border, rank incompetence in every department and that the titanic big lie that J-6 was a Trump-led violent insurrection that attempted to overthrow the government and seize power has been exploded with the release of 44,000 hours of video that seem to indicate DOJ agents provocateur were the source of all the violence that day.

So, the cherry on the parfait, the "waffer-theeen" mint that an engorged Mr. Creosote is about to swallow is that House investigations are confirming the un-spinnable fact that Joe "Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants" Biden (with help from his family) is quite probably the most corrupt politician to ever hold office in American history, having obtained the bulk of his lucre by selling his office and selling out America to the world's worst actors, including our worst enemies.

That last item, washed down with two jeroboams of transexualism, woke-ism, DEI-ism and another "ism" beginning with a "j" – journalism – surely is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Then, seemingly out of nowhere comes subpar-thinking affirmative action hire and Soros stooge Alvin Bragg to snatch the mint and switch it with a Tums. Or in this case, to my non-legal eagle eyes is for all intents and purposes, the close moral equivalent to a bill of attainder against the junta's greatest nemesis.

This is banana republic shit that even Haitians are raising an eyebrow at.

If Democrats really wanted Donald Trump to fade away, as they claim, then they would stop persecuting him.
Maybe they are so blinded by hatred that they can’t see that every time they use the heavy hand of the law against the former president, they just cement his status as MAGA martyr.
Or maybe they are so terrified of running against Ron DeSantis in 2024, that they actually want to martyr Trump to ensure he wins the Republican presidential primary ready for a repeat contest with Joe Biden.
In that scenario, Democratic prosecutors in New York and Georgia, and a partisan DOJ, play the role of picadors in a bullfight who soften up the bull with a thousand cuts before the decrepit old matador staggers out to finish him off. . .
. . . But, more significantly, the story took the spotlight off the bombshell bank records released the previous day by the House oversight committee, showing $1,065,000 had been funneled from a Chinese energy company, through Biden intimate Rob Walker, to four immediate family members of Joe Biden: his son Hunter, brother James, and Hallie Biden, the widow of his late son Beau, who also is Hunter’s former lover. . .
. . . So for the Democrats’ spin machine, it was time for a Trump scandal, always their tactic in a “break glass in case of emergency” moment like this, guaranteed to distract media attention, and keep voters in the dark about the real scandal swirling around Biden.
Enter Bragg, the Soros-funded, soft-on-crime DA who has been talking about Trump being indicted on something or other since at least 2019, and who made “Get Trump” a part of his election campaign.
His case is a joke. The allegation is that Trump falsified business records by concealing a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels which was made by his estranged former lawyer Michael Cohen in 2016.
Everything rests on the word of Cohen, a convicted perjurer, who testified before Bragg’s grand jury for three hours last Monday, and then again on Wednesday. Before that he had been in for interviews with the DA’s office at least 19 times.
But on Monday the grand jury will hear testimony from Bob Costello, a former legal adviser to Cohen before they fell out, who has acted for Trump’s some time lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and is a former supervisor with the Southern District of New York.
Costello will cite evidence contained in the 2020 book “The Fixers: The Bottom-Feeders, Crooked Lawyers, Gossipmongers, and Porn Stars Who Created the 45th President” that Cohen keeps changing his story about the Stormy Daniels payments and can’t be trusted.
Costello knows because he was an on-record source for the book and Cohen granted him a waiver of their attorney-client privilege to reveal what he had told him about his troubles when the feds first came knocking — and it’s nothing like what he’s saying now.
When prosecutors were told about the book Friday, they knew nothing about it, says a source, which doesn’t say much for their due diligence.

Oops. Building off of Miranda Devine above, Robert Spencer notes:

But now it turns out that the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which has Trump in its sights, just may be stepping back from the brink: Business Insider reported Saturday night that Trump’s indictment is “on hold” until one more witness testifies Monday afternoon.
That’s about all that has come to light, as the relevant authorities are being quite closemouthed about this whole thing. Insider says that “a source with knowledge of the investigation” told them on Saturday night “there is one more witness.” The indictment is apparently not a certainty until this witness testifies.
But who is this witness? The Insider’s source wouldn’t say, and so all that we’re told is that “a separate source, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, told Insider that the witness is not Allen Weisselberg, Trump’s former CFO, who is serving a five-month sentence for admittedly masterminding a payroll tax-dodge scheme at the Trump Organization.”
Meanwhile, Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, whose betrayal of his former client started this whole business about Trump having paid hush money to a porn star (which is what he might be arrested for, not any of the literally dozens of other crimes that Democrats have claimed he has committed over the last few years, up to and including trying to overthrow the government of the United States), “has told reporters he expected to be the grand jury’s final witness when he testified last Monday and Wednesday.” So whoever is slated to appear on Monday is a surprise witness. . .
. . . The principal charge is expected to be a felony, “falsifying business records in the first degree,” which would be based on the claim that Trump was involved in falsifying records to conceal the payment to the porn “actress.” Meanwhile, Trump continues to deny that he had any liaison with the porn star at all, and certainly there are precedents for wealthy individuals and groups paying out sums to claimants even though they know the claims are false, just to get them to go away. . .
. . . In the U.S., the Democrats enjoyed tremendous gains in both houses of Congress and won the presidency on the strength of Watergate, and they’ve never forgotten that lesson; in fact, tarring their opponents as criminals on bogus charges has become a cornerstone of their political strategy. And that is a prelude to treating them like actual criminals, complete with arrests, handcuffs, and perp walks. Whether or not it comes Tuesday, it’s coming.

While Spencer's observation is certainly true, the state of the nation today is markedly different from the Watergate era. Divided as we were even back then, there was still a level of trust in the institutions and traditions of the American governmental and legal system, as well as in the media, and even with diametrically opposed views on the issues of the day, still at least a modicum of respect for those with whom you disagree and the commonality of nation and heritage. Today, that has all but vanished on every front. In fact, an overwhelming percentage of the American people believe that we have a two-tiered justice system that favors those in power and the Left in general.

Whatever the calculus of the junta in going after Trump, they will only succeed in making him into a martyr. I have not been sanguine about a Trump candidacy in 2024. My biggest negatives are his age, his puerile name-calling against DeSantis, and most distressing, his making the theft of the 2020 election the central pillar of his campaign. He's had some flashes of brilliance with his trade package and his intent to go to war against woke-ism in all its forms. But so far, his negatives outweigh the positives. YMMV, but I think a lot of people are feeling this way about him.

But that said, I have always thought of him as the leader of a movement that goes way beyond mere electoral politics. In fact, it's kind of strange to read Miranda Devine's analysis insofar as the Democrat calculus of preferring to face Trump rather than DeSantis for fear of him wiping the floor with Biden or whoever, since they regard Trump to be a pushover. Considering they have all but institutionalized election fraud in the key swing districts and states they stole in 2020, what does it matter who is running?

For me, this has less if anything to do with who the candidate is in 2024 than mere distraction and above all else, retribution against Donald Trump. That's what all this is about.

Love him, hate him or whatever, Donald Trump intentionally or not started a movement that exposed the hypocrisy and corruption that has now completely subsumed our government and much of our society. Whatever they do to him or try to do to him, what he started will not be stopped. There is no going back now to the way things were. A lot of it was a lie, and there are powerful forces and more alarmingly a great deal of the citizenry duped into or otherwise consciously supporting the transformation of America into a socialist disaster to be served up to the Davos-Brussels-Beijing Axis, or perhaps a resurgent Islamic global caliphate.

So, go ahead and slap the cuffs on Trump. It worked so well for the British when they did it to Gandhi, didn't it?

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

"The ideology of global free trade is not American—nor is it the free market system. America had the highest tariff rates in history at the same time we saw the greatest economic expansion in history."
An American System for America Prosperity
Margot Cleveland: "Our tax dollars are funding the development of media-monitoring products that can be deployed to censor ordinary Americans via Big Tech."
DOD Pays Media-Rating Scammers To Create Propaganda And Censorship Tech For U.S. Government
"In California, public officials now favor the lawless and deviant over the law-abiding and hardworking."
The Great Abdication
Victor Davis Hanson: "The list of serial embarrassments at Stanford reads like the suicides of Greek tragedy, where divine nemesis follows hubris."
What Happened to Stanford?

SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

Robert Spencer: "The Left’s reaction to Donald Trump’s political career has from the beginning been a classic case of a conviction in search of a crime. Charging their foes with bogus crimes is a venerable and tested Leftist tactic, going back to Stalin’s trials of his former Bolshevik comrades, whom he forced to confess to various fabricated charges of subversion in order to justify his executing them and consolidating his power as an unquestioned autocrat. . . . tarring their opponents as criminals on bogus charges has become a cornerstone of [Democrat] political strategy. And that is a prelude to treating them like actual criminals, complete with arrests, handcuffs, and perp walks. Whether or not it comes Tuesday, it’s coming."
Hold Everything: Now Trump Will Likely NOT Be Arrested, at Least on Tuesday
Miranda Devine: "If a legal witch hunt is the Democrats’ plan to win in 2024, it just shows how desperate they are. Why don’t they try winning elections the old-fashioned way, by presenting candidates and policies worthy of voters’ approval instead of perverting the justice system in the pursuit of power?" (. . . and stealing elections - jjs)
A Potential Trump Indictment is a Sideshow Gift to the Biden Crime Family
"You cannot expect your base to show up for you on Election Day if they believe you are willing to acquiesce to a rigged system."
Donald Trump, American Dissident
"Bragg just wants to see Trump in hand cuffs . . . They hate that he was president. They hate that he's running again. They hate that his supporters still back him. But most of all, they hate that he makes them and their anger look foolish, they hate that he has bested them time and time again."
The Vindictive Prosecution of Donald Trump is Based in Democrats' Hatred of His Supporters
"If Trump is really arrested on Tuesday, it will say something deeply disturbing about the state of our country."
Government Tyrants Play with Fire
“We’re all reading tea leaves because they refuse to communicate.”
Trump Lawyer: About That Tuesday “Arrest” Date, Never Mind

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The Associated Press reported that Costello claims to have information that contradicts some of Cohen’s current statements and that “could be exculpatory for Trump.”
Manhattan Grand Jury Investigation Into Trump Not Over As Another Witness Invited To Testify: Report
"Tolman asserted Saturday that Bragg’s legal theory that Trump tried to hide a campaign expenditure by using his then-lawyer to pay porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 in alleged hush money before the 2016 presidential elections would have applied to Clinton when her campaign hid a payment for the phony Russian pee dossier against Trump as 'legal fees.'”
Former U.S. Attorney Argues Trump Could Be Indicted for Same Thing Clinton Was Fined For
Jonathan Turley: "While many celebrate Bragg restoring life to the statutorily deceased, they should consider what he has created. . . A fifth of Americans now view the government as the greatest threat facing the nation. What is truly shocking is that 53% in one poll agreed with the statement that the FBI acts like 'Biden’s Gestapo.'”
Bragg Brings a Criminal Case Back From Dead, But May Have Reanimated Trump's Chances
“The idea of indicting a former president of the United States at a time where there’s a crime wave in New York City, the fact that the Manhattan DA thinks that indicting President Trump is his top priority I think just tells you everything you need to know about the radical left in this country." (two-faced Judas is salivating - jjs)
‘Politically Charged’: Mike Pence Says He Is ‘Taken Aback’ By Potential Indictment Of Trump
Last year, the Federal Election Commission fined Hillary Clinton for misreporting payments made to a law firm during the 2016 campaign to hide spending. The law firm in question was Perkins Coie, which hired Fusion GPS to conduct research that resulted in the Steele Dossier, which was later used by Congress to impeach Trump. Clinton classified these expenses as “legal services” and was fined $113,000 for the misrepresentation.
Trump and Hillary Have Been Accused of the Same Crime, but Hillary Never Faced Potential Arrest
"Stop going after people because you have political differences."
Fury at Manhattan’s Bragg over Looming Trump Charges Dominates House GOP Retreat
"He continues to be an interesting candidate because he bypasses platitudes and focuses on issues that are core to American survival." (pushing for the veep slot on a Trump ticket? - jjs)
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Viral Take on the Threat to Arrest Trump
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
"The Swiss government brokered the deal. According to people familiar with the matter, the Swiss government was preparing to nationalize the bank if a deal could not be worked out. The purchase price will be paid in shares of UBS."
Crisis Averted? UBS Agrees To Buy Credit Suisse for $3.25 Billion
Clarice Feldman: "...and the man behind the curtain in the SVB saga is none other than... Joe Biden."
You Can Bank on It: A Cheat Sheet on the SVB Collapse
"Banks bet big that Powell meant what he said about not raising interest rates. Now they're paying for it."
Fed Chief Powell’s Banking Blowup
"The next logical step is for the government to insure all bank deposits, which is tantamount to nationalizing the entire banking system. But to what end?"
Connecting Dots: Chinese COVID to SVB and Beyond
"A hint: It is not more regulation from an already regulation-obsessed federal government."
How to Prevent More Meltdowns like Silicon Valley Bank
"A bank’s mantra should be safety and resilience, rather than maximum efficiency and profits."
Bad Banks Should Fail Faster
"What’s more, bonuses were reportedly doled out to US staff just hours before the Santa Clara, California-based bank collapsed. The bank was taken into FDIC ownership, while SVB Financial Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it looks to find buyers for their remaining assets."
SVB’s London Bankers Received Up To $36 Million In Bonuses Days After BoE-Orchestrated Bailout
"As colleges go woke, dumb down curricula, and raise tuition fees, Pickpocket-in-Chief Joe Biden wants you to foot the bill."
The College Debt Relief Swindle
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The picture this paints is of a national security state that answers not to any single president but to a higher authority. That “higher authority” is not “God,” as is usually the referent object in such a case, but to a shadowy cabal that, although comprised of mortals, is nonetheless beyond the control of the democratic levers ostensibly available to the electorate in a representative form of government, such as the United States purportedly is.
FBI Whistleblower Claims FBI Is Now a 'Weaponized Apparatchik' of the Biden Junta
Deroy Murdock: "The United States is crumbling, in large part, because radical Leftists from coast-to-coast refuse to do their jobs so they can battle the racist ghosts of yesterday. Americans suffer badly while political and business leaders take their eyes off the prize and pretend that Martin Luther King never lived and George Wallace never died."
While Leftists Fight the Racist Ghosts of Yesterday, America Falls To Pieces
"Winning the cultural civil war means separating the pro-freedom majority side of the political spectrum from the anti-liberty minority."
Stop Conflating Leftists with Liberals
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“Got robbed. Again. @jasonkCNN & I were at city hall in San Francisco to do an interview for @CNN.”
CNN Reporter Robbed Multiple Times in SF Shines Unflattering Spotlight on California’s Crime Crisis
“What I’m trying to do is get information into the hands of the citizens so that they make the best decisions to elect the right representatives,” O’Keefe said. “I actually believe that if people had any idea what was actually going on — in the three letter agencies and the schools — then they would be rightfully outraged.”
James O’Keefe Says New Media Group Will ‘Decentralize Journalism’ After Project Veritas Split
Frankly, it’s amazing that, at this late date, given the endless parade of brazen lies on Russia’s non-existent meddling in the 2016 and 2020 elections, the debunked “safe and effective” mantra vis-à-vis [Chinese] COVID-19 shots, and a thousand other examples of duplicity — that apparently 50% of the country still puts any stock into the corporate media. (Unfortunately, this study did not delineate between corporate media and independent media, which is a shame. I suspect the trust differential would be enormous.)
Poll: Half of U.S. Population Believes National Media 'Intend to Mislead, Misinform'
"If you’ve ever watched a press briefing and felt like everyone was asking the same questions, it’s because the corporate media drones are usually the only ones getting any."
How Corporate Media’s Top Dogs Box Out Real Reporters From Asking The White House Tough Questions
"Corporate media dishonestly touts ‘sharp drop’ in border crossings in February to save Biden from border crisis criticism."
Corporate Media Disguise Spike in Border Arrests as "Drop" to Prevent Accountability for Biden
"The editorial board’s pro-CCP bias has many causes, but most revolve around profit."
Why is the New York Times Urging America To Buddy Up With Communist China?
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
"Pleasantly surprising news out of Holland – the BoerBurgerBeweging, or the Farmer–Citizen Movement, a political party founded in 2019 to protest the Dutch governments'mistreatment of the country's farmers, won big in this past week's elections."
Dutch Farmers Strike Back
"When Haaland was pressured to approve the ConocoPhillips Willow Project, a modest oil field in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, she did so against her will. . . Haaland’s actions show she prefers Alaska oil remains locked down. With her hand forced on Willow, Haaland announced her agency would not only reduce the scope of the project by 40%, it would take another 16 million acres of Alaska off the table for any future development. Haaland is taking the equivalent of West Virginia."
Biden’s Interior Secretary Dishes Out Icy Revenge On Alaskans
Deroy Murdock: "The senators will need to go much further to knock down the Biden administration’s immediate new moves to put gas out of business."
Two Cheers for the Cruz-Manchin Plan to Save Gas Stoves
AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The rise in terror watch-list arrests at the border pairs with surge of as many as 4.9 million migrants who have crossed into the United States under the [junta] of [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden, according to data from the Federation for American Immigration Reform."
16 People On FBI’s Terror Watch-List Arrested At U.S. Border, Authorities Say
Terry Jeffrey: "How many on the terrorist watchlist have actually succeeded in illegally crossing our southern border into the United States? There is no way to know. What we do know is that it only took 19 foreign terrorists who had made their way into the United States to hijack four domestic flights on Sept. 11, 2001."
More Caught Illegally Crossing Southern Border in Fiscal 2022 Than During Entire Trump Presidency
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Voters are starting to care more about crime reduction than BLM bonafides."
Want Safer Cities? Introduce Street Thugs to the ‘Fear Factor’
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Lloyd Billingsley: "Long before [Chinese] COVID, the seeds of the pandemic were already in the ground."
Fauci B.C.
Ann Marie Pincivero (Ukraine flag in bio) offers a string of masking hashtags to eulogize the kitten slain at the hands of anti-Science™ MAGA terrorists: “�� Poor kitty! Pets can’t mask but people can! They need to protect their pets! But when they won’t even protect their children I guess there’s little hope of that?! #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #N95 #SARS2 #LongCovid #MassDisabling #ProtectKids #ProtectPets #PetsGetCovidToo”
"Zero- [Chinese] COVID" Cultists Accuse "Anti-Maskers" of Kitten Murder
". . . Lauterbach and all of his colleagues who lied to the public, whether out of malice or lack of due diligence, should be similarly targeted in legal proceedings. Imprisonment should not be off the table."
German Health Minister: Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Can Cause ‘Permanent Disabilities'
SECOND AMENDMENT
"Just how low can a government agency go?"
ATF Keeping Track of Guns Purchased By Law-Abiding Americans
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"The controversy over the explicit survey comes as schools across the country have faced scrutiny from parents over inappropriate content in the classroom. In 2021, thousands of parents in the Worcester, Mass., public school district pulled their children out of the district's sex education classes over content they called 'dangerous.'"
Boston School Distributes Explicit Survey on Oral Sex, Transgenderism to Middle-Schoolers
"The law school’s website features a timeline detailing the work it has done to bolster DEI on campus, including increased attention to embedded DEI in its hiring, promotions and curriculum."
‘Free Speech Crisis’: Stanford Law School Spent Years Building Out Its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Bureaucracy
“California is a two-party consent state, and you have no right to publish this student’s identity/likeness/face without consent.” (they should be found and "given a good talking too," nudge-nudge wink-wink" - jjs)
Stanford Students Who Shouted Down Judge Demand Their Names and Photos be Removed From News Reports
“Before this happened to my daughter and our family, I wouldn’t have believed that this would happen, especially at the elementary school level. So I think it’s very important to figure out ways to let parents know what’s going on. That’s where I stand.”
‘It’s Happening Everywhere’: Lawmakers Push To Ban Secret Student Pronoun Changes, Keep Parents Involved
“When it comes to our liberties, the price of liberty is eternal vigilance,” Bedrick said. “So we always have to be vigilant. But I think we also have to recognize that the government doesn’t need to be funding private education for the government to try regulating it.”
Republicans in Red States Including Tennessee Join Dems to Resist School Choice Policies
"Instead of teaching their students how to think, educators want to indoctrinate their students and tell them what to think."
In Bemoaning What They ‘Won’t Teach Anymore,’ Educators Reveal 6 Ways They Indoctrinate Students
"Serving a largely low-income student body, a New York City charter school has flourished by emphasizing proven pedagogical approaches."
The Joys and Rigors of a Classical Education
ABORTION
“We will continue to pursue legislation that offers even greater protection to the pre-born children of our state — particularly in the area of medically-induced abortions that are so dangerous,” Merilee Boyack, chairwoman of Abortion-Free Utah, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Utah Pro-Life Orgs Take Victory Lap Over Abortion Clinic Ban, Eye More Legislation
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"Trump's nemesis in the secretary of state's office in Georgia is about to have a very rude awakening when it comes to voter fraud."
A Gigantic Egg All Over Brad Raffensperger's Face
"While five cities in the Gopher state already use RCV for municipal elections — Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington, Saint Louis Park, and Minnetonka — Minnesota Senator Kelly Morrison has introduced a bill that would require RCV for all state and federal elections. While the bill is currently in committee, it has a companion in the Minnesota House that’s waiting for a hearing."
Minnesota Could be Third State to Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting, Following Alaska and Maine
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"Students from Washington, D.C. to Arizona are participating in their school’s week-long events that many have criticized as being antisemitic and anti-Jewish, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)." (fuck the ADL; it's now a Marxist front group that supports the Jew-hating leftists - jjs)
‘Targeted And Unsafe’: Universities Across The Country Are Holding ‘Israel Apartheid Week’
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
David Horowitz: ". . . Of foul deeds."
Guilty
OHIO DERAILMENT, TOXIC CHEMICAL DISASTER
Though the tragedy in East Palestine has been overshadowed in the news by banks crashing and the ~~Biden family getting caught with millions of Chinese communist dollars~~ Trump’s impending arrest, the small town in eastern Ohio is still reeling from the derailment or — more accurately — the spilling of toxic waste, much of which is still sitting in the town’s backyard, and the burning of toxic chemicals, which, as one local put it, “was burnt because they didn’t want to clean their own damn mess.”
Here's What We Saw in East Palestine
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Lee's spending could tarnish her progressive image as she vies for retiring Democrat Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat. A former left-wing activist known for her communist sympathies and ties to Soviet front groups, Lee has pitched herself as "a voice for the people." Lee is leaning on her progressive bona fides as she battles for Feinstein's seat against her well-funded California colleagues, fellow Democrat representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff.
From 'Comrade Barbara' to Limousine Liberal: Barbara Lee Dropped $20,000 On Luxury Cars, Filings Show
POLITICS
"Every time the Democrats do something to transform the country, a slew of 'Man Bites Dog' distraction stories pop up in the media."
Democrat Plans Looking Bad, So Biden Pivots Again
“I don’t know. I don’t know what the future look like, Jen. When I left the legislature, I thought I was never going to run for office again, and here I am in my fifth year as governor of this state. I know enough about myself that if I see a problem that’s not getting fixed and I think I can do something about it, I’m going to roll my sleeves and try. All that being said, I am 51 years old. I’ve signed up for —”
Wretched Whitmer Leaves Door Open for Future Presidential Run
“What she has said is, she doesn’t want to be focused on politics right now. I have worked with her very closely over the last two years, I mean, really in a very positive way. She’s very effective in the United States Senate. We have got a lot done. And I look forward to doing that over the next months and the rest of this year.”
Mark Kelly Does Not Get Behind Kyrsten Sinema When Asked About Re-Election
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
"As always, the devil is in the details. But NATO — aside from some frontline nations like Poland and the Baltic States — is not likely to get serious about defense against Russia until Russian tanks are rolling into NATO territory."
NATO Looking to Send 300,000 Troops to the Russian Border
"Russian state news service TASS said it was Putin’s first-ever visit to Donbass, a region in eastern Ukraine, and while there, he received a report from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin about efforts to rebuild the port city within the eastern region."
Putin Visits Russian-Occupied Mariupol
"Ron DeSantis’ remarks on Ukraine were textbook realism and a throwback to an old Republican Party."
Your Great-Grandfather’s Republicanism
Hope . . . and change!!!
Pentagon Spokesman: 'We Would Hope That China Would Not' Send Lethal Assistance to Russia
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"So, of course, the war proved to be a fiasco. As one history-minded observer wrote last week: 'This month marks the 20th anniversary of the greatest western foreign policy disaster since the Fourth Crusade. It was the pre-eminent modern-day example of folly, driven by wishful thinking, utopianism and a lack of interest in history and how human societies differ.'”
Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Iraq War Folly — Lives Lost, Lessons Learned, and Why America Comes First
Russia has further said the two leaders will discuss “strategic cooperation” – following early last year’s declaration of Beijing and Moscow’s “no-limits partnership”.
Xi To Arrive In Moscow Monday, Ukraine War ‘Core Part’ Of Talks With Putin
"The winners and the losers." (all bets are off once/if Iran actually explodes an A bomb - jjs)
The Iranian-Saudi Rapprochement
"In only two years, Joe Biden’s [spurious] presidency has produced multiple catastrophes from which recovery will be difficult, if it is even possible."
Calamity Joe: Geopolitical Catastrophes Multiply as American Power and Influence Crash to New Postwar Lows
Daniel Greenfield: "The sight of South Africa’s military and a Chinese warship conducting exercises ought to make it clear that the ANC is our enemy. And that any further foreign aid just funds our enemies."
After Billions in US Aid, South Africa Sides With China
Thad McCotter: "Only the 'blame America first, last, and only' Left can think that rogue nations will behave better in a multipolar world."
Pax Americana or Pox Multipolar?
"Why the Biden junta must support the Americas and Protect U.S. Investment Acts."
Honduras is Proving Ground for Stabilizing Western Hemisphere
"Who are the mysterious American benefactors funding leftism in Israel’s school systems?"
The Long March Through the Israeli Institutions
“The two tourists managed to escape the crowd and were eventually escorted back to Israel by security forces, where they will be given medical treatment for their injuries. . . What happened on Saturday is being faced by Israeli motorists and passersby on a daily basis. In late February, two Israeli brothers were murdered by a Palestinian gunman as they were driving on the highway near Nablus.”
German Mainstream Media Silent as Palestinian Mob Attacks Country’s Tourists Visiting Israel
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Daniel Greenfield: "And gets the 'resistance' thrown in with the deal."
China Hires the Biden Junta
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Robert Spencer: "The feds can now turn all their attention back to finding angry Trump supporters they can claim are “domestic terrorists” if they dare to protest on Tuesday against the Left’s destruction of our free republic and replacement of it with a comic-opera banana republic in which the foes of the Dear Leader end up arrested for daring to oppose him. The authorities can hope no more actual terrorists like Kola get in the way of their scenario as it plays out this week."
By the Way, a Real Terrorist Just Threatened to ‘Crucify’ New York Cops
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
"An independent Judiciary is crucial to a functioning USA. Committing legislatively to nine SCOTUS justices helps ensure both." (overturn Marbury v. Madison and make SCOTUS benign again - jjs)
Keep Nine and Ban Court-Packing
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Deane Waldman, M.D.: "Americans cannot make their own medical decisions or decide how to spend their health-care dollars — bureaucrats do that."
In Health Care, Freedom is the Biggest Shortage
Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.: "It makes sense that Colorado would be leading the charge on expanding mental healthcare."
Psychologists Prescribing Psych Meds in Colorado -- Crazy or Crafty?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
"Why it is taking months for the FAA to issue this license is disturbing." (because they can't get their affirmative action candidate confirmed? - jjs)
Starship launch still stalled by FAA
"According to separate announcements just released, both India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander/rover and Intuitive Machine’s private Nova-C lunar lander have passed their last ground tests and are now ready for launch to the Moon later this year."
Both India’s Chandrayaan-3 and Intuitive Machine’s Nova-C lunar landers pass vibration tests
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“While kids who were already receiving gender-affirming treatment prior to Thursday can continue to do so, they aren’t able to undergo sex reassignment surgeries under the new rule.”
Florida Bans Gender Transitioning for Minors
"Trust the science: Bad mothers are behind the explosion of militant LGBT identification."
The War by Women
". . . Yet none of them seemed aware either of the irony that they were literally appropriating womanhood, or that if museums got rid of those artifacts, only their Euro-centric, or non-diverse collections would be on display, which would also be perceived as problematic."
IRONY ALERT: 5 Black Men Dressed as Women Complain About Cultural Appropriation
"The ACLU pushes the potent but misleading 'affirm or suicide' narrative."
Reckless and Irresponsible
"What ethical consent can be given for lifelong harm?"
Ban Transgender Operations on Children
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"Woke-ism is intentionally ambiguous. So when you describe it, that offends those who wish for its intentions to remain murky."
‘Woke’ Effectively Describes The Left’s Insanity, And That’s Why They Hate When You Say It
Dennis Prager: "Woke activism gone horribly wrong."
When Banks — And Other Institutions — Try to Change the World
"Progressives are at war with the youth of western society."
The Left’s Criminal Abuse of the Young
Christian Toto: "Far-left site ignores reasons why conservatives suddenly slam drag art form."
Hollywood Reporter (Purposely) Misses Point on Drag Queen Outrage
"Rubio lamented the misfortune of a U.S. taxpayer-funded stadium allegedly censoring messages to appease communists. 'So just imagine that. A U.S. citizen taxpayer-funded stadium operated by the Miami Marlins in Miami, Florida, in the United States and Americans are not allowed to take in T-shirts or flags or signs … that have messages that the Cuban regime finds offensive.'”
Report: Miami Marlins Blocking Anti-Communist Slogans at Cuba v. United States Baseball Game, Marco Rubio Says
"As with our lawsuit against the National Archives, we will enter a period of mediation with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to see if we can get to the bottom of why our clients were targeted. This is just one of many coordinated efforts to harass and abuse pro-lifers in federally funded institutions. That directive came from someone, and whoever it was must be held accountable, and we’re going to do the work necessary to hold them accountable."
Pushback: Smithsonian Ordered to No Longer Violate the First Amendment
“Our hope is not in ballot boxes, lobbying, marches, or media campaigns, important as they are.”
Jesus Revolution Presents a Relevant Revival
"Fanatic leftist academics, who can only view the world through a racial prism, can’t read Shakespeare or anything else with real understanding."
William Wokespeare and the Dogs of Virtue
"Parental income is our best predictor of children’s outcomes.
Pay Attention, Class
"The first enemy against the birth rate is the government itself."
Left-Wing Policies are a Threat to the Survival of Human Life
As Christians, it’s important for us to discern the truth of our faith and stand against the liberal theologians, pastors, and churches who would try to undermine it for a left-wing agenda. Start with your Bible, of course, but books like Christianity and Liberalism go a long way toward helping believers understand Christianity. It’s a quick read and worth your time.
Sunday Thoughts: Christianity and Liberalism at 100
HITHER & YON
"And his most beloved song condemns mankind to an unrelentingly cruel, moronic fate."
John Lennon — No Model to Emulate
"O.J. Simpson continues to reinvent himself, and now he appears to be coming full circle."
O.J. Simpson Is Back
"Writer John O’Hara chronicled life in an industrial city—the kind that has almost vanished from the American landscape."
Balzac of the Fishbowl

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1 WTFO??

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (BRHaw)

2 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (Q4IgG)

3 1

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (Ck5SS)

4 Oh so close

Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (Ck5SS)

5 Happy bday. JJ

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at March 20, 2023 07:45 AM (+M04z)

6 It's full of .... content!

Posted by: torabora at March 20, 2023 07:46 AM (OUiUM)

7 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2023 07:46 AM (4WgAx)

8 Mornin' Horde!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 20, 2023 07:47 AM (zHxTI)

9 I don't understand! More people are in prison then ever before but crime is going down!!

Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele · Mar 18
Is @TheEconomist saying that the murder rate staying down in El Salvador would be dangerous for democracy?
https://tinyurl.com/2az3y2rf

[Is there anyway to fix the clicking on the page-top comments box but it opening the comments for the second item -- page jumping down -- Pixy??]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 07:49 AM (Vwz3I)

10 Happy Monday, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at March 20, 2023 07:49 AM (4olE8)

11 So, go ahead and slap the cuffs on Trump. It worked so well for the British when they did it to Gandhi, didn't it?
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Loved Gandhi's wining campaign slogan: "Either urine or you're out!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2023 07:49 AM (4WgAx)

12 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 20, 2023 07:49 AM (z99Zw)

13
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 20, 2023 07:50 AM (ENBF0)

14 Sorry, but this is laughable

Or maybe they are so terrified of running against Ron DeSantis in 2024, that they actually want to martyr Trump to ensure he wins the Republican presidential primary ready for a repeat contest with Joe Biden.

They are indicting DT to hurt poor RD? 🤣
Meanwhile, anyone heard from RD? Seems to be keeping a very strategic silence, no?

Posted by: Republic Theater brought to you by Signature Bank at March 20, 2023 07:52 AM (41IOV)

15 “Of the dozens of books chronicling Donald Trump’s presidency, The Fixers is destined to sit atop the pile. What a read!”—John Carreyrou

You know what else they pile?

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 07:52 AM (BRHaw)

16 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 20, 2023 07:52 AM (i0Kzs)

17 Well, that's all well and bad, but the real crisis is there is going to be a Tequila shortage due to climate change.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 07:52 AM (iayUP)

18 Hiya

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:53 AM (T4tVD)

19 Greg Wycliffe @gddub · 21h
Forcing NHL players to wear rainbow flags is creepy.

They're basically trying to CREATE homophobia at this point.

"We just want to let people live their lives!🤗🌈"

"btw if you don't wear this rainbow flag we're going to harass you and try to ruin your life 😡"

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 07:53 AM (Vwz3I)

20 Thanks JJ !

AGAIN !

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 07:53 AM (T4tVD)

21
So whoever is slated to appear on Monday is a surprise witness.

John Fetterman?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 07:54 AM (enJYY)

22 11 Loved Gandhi's wining campaign slogan: "Either urine or you're out!"
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2023 07:49 AM (4WgAx)

"Uniting Blue Cholera and White Cholera!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 07:54 AM (x0n13)

23 So, go ahead and slap the cuffs on Trump. It worked so well for the British when they did it to Gandhi, didn't it?
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The reason why Gandhi's campaign of non-violent resistance worked at all against the British is because the British had an inherent sense of honor and integrity for the most part. Gandhi would have been gunned down in an instant if he'd tried to resist Stalin or Mao.

The Left has neither honor nor integrity. They will gladly perp-walk Trump into a holding cell and then guarantee he gets the Epstein treatment.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 20, 2023 07:54 AM (YIVH2)

24 What happened at Stanford? Rich, privileged, selfish, entitled white folks living in a bubble, going to kollege in a bubble, having no contact with the real world deciding they are better than the great unwashed and will tell the unwashed how to live their lives, while never working themselves.

Never Give Up Your Guns!

Rootin For Putin!

Abolish The Deep State!

Free Buffalo Guy!

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 20, 2023 07:55 AM (OgB1i)

25 Living in Arizona I get to read JJ's Morning Report an hour earlier when the rest of the country goes to DST.
It's a real treat when you wake up as ridiculously early as I do.

Posted by: Ilene Wright at March 20, 2023 07:55 AM (VD8D9)

26 23 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 20, 2023 07:54 AM (YIVH2)

My analogy may not be perfect, but I stand by my analysis of the situation as it is.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 07:55 AM (x0n13)

27 So whoever is slated to appear on Monday is a surprise witness.

John Fetterman?
Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 07:54 AM (enJYY)

Zombie Raymond Burr?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 07:56 AM (4I/2K)

28 If Trump is not arrested, I expect the press will blame Trump.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 07:56 AM (iayUP)

29 25 Living in Arizona I get to read JJ's Morning Report an hour earlier when the rest of the country goes to DST.
It's a real treat when you wake up as ridiculously early as I do.
Posted by: Ilene Wright at March 20, 2023 07:55 AM (VD8D9)

And I read it even earlier!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 07:56 AM (x0n13)

30 Arrest Trump for political crimes? Sure, what the hell.

Posted by: I, Claudius at March 20, 2023 07:56 AM (g5d9x)

31 Leave Fetterman out of this, he needs rest and recovery, hopefully a long time.
( as long as he isn't voting)

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 07:58 AM (Ck5SS)

32 Good morning, JJ - and thanks for doing what you do. Listened to the latest episode of the CJN Speaks podcast this weekend. Was an outstanding discussion you and CBD had with Michael Walsh.

Posted by: Doof at March 20, 2023 07:58 AM (6uyrZ)

33 Happy First Day of Spring!🌷🌸

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 07:58 AM (NpAcC)

34 If one listens intently, one may hear a faint cackling sound emanating from the surrounds at Chappaqua.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 07:58 AM (4I/2K)

35 Good morning JJ. Great stuff as always. Real quick reference I noticed to Jeroboam! First king of the northern kingdom of Israel when the kingdom split because Solomon’s heir Rehoboam took bad advice.

The whole DJT vs RDS thing is so over for me. The 6 cheat states (PA MI GA AZ NV WI) make the discussion irrelevant

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 20, 2023 07:59 AM (LjeMb)

36
Wheeee!

Posted by: Zip-Lining Gisele Fetterman at March 20, 2023 07:59 AM (enJYY)

37 Boston School Distributes Explicit Survey on Oral Sex, Transgenderism to Middle-Schoolers

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Boston. As in Massachusetts. As in deep blue Massachusetts. As in...they voted for this sh*t. Now they get to enjoy their winnings. Idiots.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 07:59 AM (sVtYq)

38 So whoever is slated to appear on Monday is a surprise witness.

Bozo the Clown?

Posted by: dantesed at March 20, 2023 08:00 AM (88xKn)

39 32 Good morning, JJ - and thanks for doing what you do. Listened to the latest episode of the CJN Speaks podcast this weekend. Was an outstanding discussion you and CBD had with Michael Walsh.
Posted by: Doof at March 20, 2023 07:58 AM (6uyrZ)

We have another great one coming on Wednesday.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:00 AM (x0n13)

40 38 So whoever is slated to appear on Monday is a surprise witness.

Bozo the Clown?
Posted by: dantesed at March 20, 2023 08:00 AM (88xKn)

Michael Avenatti, right?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:00 AM (x0n13)

41 It's possible Bragg is just another undisciplined crooked politician trying to use an attack on Trump for personal political gain, inadvertently touching off a fire larger than all the other crooks wanted.

Complicated Theories vs Some Dumbfvck Doing Something Dumb.

Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 08:00 AM (SYTee)

42 >>>Whatever they do to him or try to do to him, what he started will not be stopped.
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Wanna bet?

Install another democrat, or worse, a GOPe approved republican, and watch what happens.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 20, 2023 08:01 AM (3ImbR)

43 I understand that a lot of people are turned off by Trump's personal style. It's not my favorite trait of his either.

But I think a good deal of that comes from the fact that as conservatives we traditionally aren't the loud, in your face revolutionary types that make up the left.

Those days are over. We are in a war for the soul of the country, the world really, against a ruthless and diabolical enemy who wants to destroy all of our freedoms and everything about this country we love. We need a take no prisoners fighter who is relentless and not as concerned about playing nice. That is Trump. He is our weapon and he's accomplished a hell of a lot more in his short time in politics to save this country than the top 10 other leaders on our side combined.

On balance, there is nobody else even close to him.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 08:01 AM (ZLI7S)

44 So whoever is slated to appear on Monday is a surprise witness.

Shirtless Clarence Darrow filing an Amicus Brief?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 08:01 AM (4I/2K)

45 It's also World Frog Day! 🐸

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 08:01 AM (NpAcC)

46 Those Stanford brats are the exact replication of toddlers throwing tantrums in the grocery store aisles because Mommy won't buy them candy. They need a serious beatdown.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 08:01 AM (sVtYq)

47 When you name your kid Bozo you’ve pretty much mapped out his life to being a clown. You never hear of Bozo the judge or Bozo the district attorney. - Jerry Seinfeld

I guess Seinfeld hasn’t heard of Alvin Bragg

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 20, 2023 08:03 AM (LjeMb)

48 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2023 08:03 AM (SEDrX)

49 " It's also World Frog Day"

I didn't get you a card because nobody toad me.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 08:05 AM (iayUP)

50 So whoever is slated to appear on Monday is a surprise witness.

John Fetterman?
Posted by: Divide by Zero

He'd be a surprised witness.

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 08:05 AM (T4tVD)

51 I'm glad it's Spring today. My naked front doors have a dead zone from January to March where I have no wreaths. Today is the day to pull out my floral wreaths. Whoopee!

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 08:05 AM (sVtYq)

52
Maybe someone from New York could 'splain why Manhattan has a hard on for Trump.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 08:06 AM (enJYY)

53 Soros' $ 1 million campaign contribution to Alvin Bragg was the best investment he's ever made, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 20, 2023 08:07 AM (RqMSv)

54 29

And I read it even earlier!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 07:56 AM (x0n13)

Such shameless braggadocio!!!

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 08:07 AM (PCK5/)

55 It's also World Frog Day-

Don't worry, be hoppy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 20, 2023 08:07 AM (cA2wI)

56 Poll: Half of U.S. Population Believes National Media 'Intend to Mislead, Misinform'

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Is this really an awakening, or is it the ignorant Left half of the country thinking Fox News is the Big Bad Wolf?

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 08:07 AM (sVtYq)

57 Justin Trudeau's Ego @Trudeaus_Ego · 13h
On April 1st, we're taking steps to fight the climate crisis by raising the carbon tax another 25%.

APRIL FOOL'S, EVERYONE! It's actually going up 75%.

My Government needs more money to change the weather, and your household budgets will balance themselves.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:08 AM (Vwz3I)

58 John O'Hara is buried not to far from Aaron Burr, just a couple rows away. Historical oddity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:08 AM (g5d9x)

59 Many Known Unknowns that can go bad. Which raises the risk of Unknowns.

It's like walking across a frozen lake and hearing the ice make strange noises.

Posted by: Ignoramus at March 20, 2023 08:08 AM (RqMSv)

60 Morning,

I'm glad Trump is still talking about the the theft of the last election. It has to be addressed. Everyone seems to not want to talk about it and put it in the past. I think that is a big mistake. As far as DeSantis goes. he along with all of the rest should be standing behind Trump and treating him as an incumbent, because he is. He did win and the fact that all of these people are making moves to throw their hats in tells me they either don't care about the steal, or they don't believe it. I like DeSantis, but he should be smart and wait 4 more years and throw his support to Trump this time. Trump IMO is the only one who can win, and that's only if by some miracle we can stop the fraud, which is doubtful. Just my two cents

Posted by: spypeach at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (UuB/1)

61 "Stop Conflating Leftists with Liberals"

I haven't done that for a long time. Rush use to point that out.
Mister we could use a man like Rush Limbaugh again.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (iayUP)

62 We have another great one coming on Wednesday.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:00 AM (x0n13)

Great! Will download it and listen while flying to Boston on Thurs evening.

Hordelings -- if you're not listening to the CJN Speaks podcast, you are really missing out!

Posted by: Doof at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (6uyrZ)

63 Maybe someone from New York could 'splain why Manhattan has a hard on for Trump.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

He left and took his tax money with him?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (SEDrX)

64 60 Posted by: spypeach at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (UuB/1)

Talking about it is one thing. Making it the central theme of your campaign is not going to cut it. He seems to be doing just that.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (x0n13)

65 APRIL FOOL'S, EVERYONE! It's actually going up 75%
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I'm delighted Canada introduced this tax and is now raising the hell out of it. An object lesson for any American tempted to adopt any similar sort of tax, as is often proposed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:10 AM (g5d9x)

66 Maybe someone from New York could 'splain why Manhattan has a hard on for Trump.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

No one is more reviled than a prophet in his own hometown.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 08:10 AM (4I/2K)

67 "Stop Conflating Leftists with Liberals"

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I actually haven't even used the word liberal in a long, long time. I call them Leftists. Democrat Leftists. That's what they are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 08:10 AM (sVtYq)

68 I'm glad it's Spring today. My naked front doors have a dead zone from January to March where I have no wreaths. Today is the day to pull out my floral wreaths. Whoopee!
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 08:05 AM (sVtYq)
~~~~~

I copied a winter wreath I saw in the neighborhood. It was all eucalyptus with sprigs of white berries throughout.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 20, 2023 08:11 AM (3ImbR)

69 I wish Trump would do one thing differently…. Stop. Badmouthing. DeSantis. That is incomprehensible.

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 08:11 AM (PCK5/)

70 Talking about it is one thing. Making it the central theme of your campaign is not going to cut it. He seems to be doing just that.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (x0n13)

But it boils down to election theft, and stolen votes. Our votes, our voices were silenced. I think that is an important thing to run on. Hopefully, if he's not in jail, He will start focusing on the other things more, but I don't think he should ever stop reminding people of what took place.

Posted by: spypeach at March 20, 2023 08:11 AM (UuB/1)

71 We have another great one coming on Wednesday.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:00 AM (x0n13)
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Great! Will download it and listen while flying to Boston on Thurs evening.

Hordelings -- if you're not listening to the CJN Speaks podcast, you are really missing out!
Posted by: Doof at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM (6uyrZ)
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This!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM (g5d9x)

72 I'd say this to Republicans that have grown Trump-weary, you may no longer wish to have him as your president, but you owe him your allegiance in this matter, regardless.

You cannot be nonplussed in this, whether your preference be Jeb Bush, Ron DeSantis or Alfred E. Newman.

Imprisoning political rivals is shitting on the very ideology of the country as founded. I'd sooner return to servitude under the British crown as watch my own government enter into an era of taking political prisoners.

All the lives that died for freedom, just governance, independence from tyranny, and goodness aren't merely screaming from the grave, they are putting on their uniforms and demanding we follow them into battle.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM (40DMX)

73 Maybe someone from New York could 'splain why Manhattan has a hard on for Trump.
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They're still pissed they lost Eva to Hooterville!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM (Vwz3I)

74 "Stop Conflating Leftists with Liberals"

Call them, "Crooks." LIVs know what a crook is.

Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM (SYTee)

75 "Stop Conflating Leftists with Liberals"
-

Progressives works for me.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM (4WgAx)

76 I'm surprised the terrorists caught at our border were even arrested. Maybe they were immediately released with promises to go to court on the specified date. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM (sVtYq)

77 Progressives works for me.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM (4WgAx)

I forgot the "scare quotes."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 20, 2023 08:13 AM (4WgAx)

78 Old fashioned liberals are few in number. Literally a dying breed.
Democrat = leftist. Leninist/Maoist

Posted by: Republic Theater brought to you by Signature Bank at March 20, 2023 08:13 AM (41IOV)

79 >>Talking about it is one thing. Making it the central theme of your campaign is not going to cut it. He seems to be doing just that.

Trump has been releasing statements on Truth and at his rallies for some time now and they are all about policy and not the election theft.

I agree with spypeach that nothing else really matters if we can't overcome the cheating so that needs to remain front and center in everyone's mind as well. And despite all the talk of Trump not being able to win serious pollsters like Rich Baris have Trump not only way ahead in the Republican primary but pulling away.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 08:13 AM (ZLI7S)

80 Maybe someone from New York could 'splain why Manhattan has a hard on for Trump.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

NY elected AOC. It is a shit hole of leftists.
Not sure what there is to not understand

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2023 08:13 AM (dO/0d)

81 I'm delighted Canada introduced this tax and is now raising the hell out of it. An object lesson for any American tempted to adopt any similar sort of tax, as is often proposed.
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And it's not driving food inflation at all! Grocery produce etc. never moves by diesel trains or trucks!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:15 AM (Vwz3I)

82 "More Caught Illegally Crossing Southern Border in Fiscal 2022 Than During Entire Trump Presidency"

When there's a terrorist attack like 911 and there will be, Biden and the Democrats will find a way to blame Trump.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

83 60, 70 - I agree with you 100% spypeach. The big issue is election integrity. Without it, nothing else matters. Without it we’re all serfs ruled by puppets installed by our betters….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 20, 2023 08:16 AM (LjeMb)

84 72 nailed it

The Ron 24 stuff flows from a desire to avoid the present reality. Its conservative fantasy land

Posted by: Republic Theater brought to you by Signature Bank at March 20, 2023 08:16 AM (41IOV)

85 .y thinking is Bragg is hoping to be the Leftist hit man and make a name for himself for higher office.

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 08:17 AM (Ck5SS)

86 Trump most definitely should not make the election theft the central piece of his campaign, but it most certainly should not be forgotten. It was, and is, a grotesque violation of the very foundation of this supposed free country. It can't be moved on from! IMO, it should be woven in with the rest of his platform. It should be handled carefully, and forcefully, but as a means to show just how corrupt America has become. Not as a personal vendetta on his part.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 08:17 AM (sVtYq)

87 🐸 and it's not easy being green

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 08:18 AM (Ck5SS)

88 I for one am happy that I can witness a mass psychosis event, the never ending attempts to bury Orange Man Bad. Hitler, Pol Pot, Mussolini, a bigot, anti-semite, misogynist, rapist, murderer, he beats his wife and skewers babies while in his cups, all rolled into one man, Donald Trump. History's greatest monster. Reason for the the psychosis, he beat Hillary. Good grief what a time to be alive and witnessing this nonsense.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 20, 2023 08:18 AM (2NHgQ)

89 Quick! Alert Wuhan and Bill Gates!

New research detects trails of human bacteria from sneezing and coughing preserved on Mount Everest.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:18 AM (Vwz3I)

90 Good Monday morning, clown world! These idiots are worse than the "case of the Mondays" girl from Office Space. Oh well. It is weird how they act like it matters whom they face in 2024. It's probably a distraction to make us think elections still matter.

Have a rockin' Monday, Horde! And thanks for the newz, JJ!

Posted by: Catherine at March 20, 2023 08:18 AM (ZSsrh)

91 Every Dairy Queen across the country is giving out FREE soft serve ice cream cones to celebrate the 1st day of Spring. 🍦

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

92
Since we have some suburban Philly peeps here I was at a car dealer last week on Route 30 in Fraser where they are now getting cars stolen off the lot and/or catalytic converters stolen.

That must be a hoot to turn the key and hear the roar of a jet plane underneath the car. If they're not gonna jail the thugs in Philly we're gonna start paying the price.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 08:19 AM (enJYY)

93 On balance, there is nobody else even close to him.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 08:01 AM (ZLI7S)
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The Democrats will make him President with their persecution. America will elect him out of self-defense, understanding thier target is us, and he's just standing in the way.

Personally I want a younger man that PDJT, and I also take issue wil Trump's chaotic first term administration of the office. I don't think his management skills were anything close to good, or even minimally acceptable (as opposed to his ideas and policies, which I endorse wholeheartedly). But none of that matters- Making Trump a political martyr will also make his President, IMO.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:20 AM (xKNfA)

94 Oh, Kermie. You're the best!

Posted by: Miss Piggy at March 20, 2023 08:20 AM (4I/2K)

95 ...his making the theft of the 2020 election the central pillar of his campaign.

If election fraud is not fixed, nothing else matters.

If the people nominally in charge know that they do not answer to the people then they will not do what is needful.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 20, 2023 08:21 AM (z99Zw)

96 How did we get here? By the fascist Left, by the actions of people like Soros et al infiltrating our country and subverting our political and judicial systems. This is what THEY do when in or outof power. They are relentless and always looking ahead. Our side???

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 08:21 AM (PCK5/)

97 Meanwhile, the Swiss government changed their country's laws over the weekend so that the shareholders of Credit Suisse have no say in the takeover of their bank, and it gets sold for a 50% discount to UBS. Watch the contagion spread.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 20, 2023 08:23 AM (lTGtQ)

98 I agree that Trump shouldn't let the election steal go unmentioned. It is a central issue and a significant one. Significant enough that a Republican ballot harvesting effort must be integrated into every "election" moving forward, presuming there will be "elections." Once the so-called playing field is leveled with the Democrats they'll likely move on to some other form of fraud. It's the Republicans job to counter that.

They've failed miserably so far.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)

99
NY elected AOC. It is a shit hole of leftists.
Not sure what there is to not understand

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 20, 2023 08:13 AM

It's just when I see the word Manhattan I think financial district and how Trump was certainly good for business. But I guess the people employed there live and vote elsewhere.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 08:23 AM (enJYY)

100
MOM! Paul has his pee-pee out and is playing with it again. Oh, gross.

Posted by: Pauls Sister at March 20, 2023 08:25 AM (enJYY)

101 Meanwhile, anyone heard from RD? Seems to be keeping a very strategic silence, no?
Posted by: Republic Theater brought to you by Signature Bank at March 20, 2023 07:52 AM (41IOV)

I'm going with the strategy of "he's not saying anything until they actually are stupid enough to arrest PDJT". why voice outrage now at an event that hasn't, and might not happen?

but silence from Darth Santis IF they are stupid enough to arrest PDJT would be a huge blow against him, imo.

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 20, 2023 08:26 AM (Mkvkw)

102 >>Personally I want a younger man that PDJT, and I also take issue wil Trump's chaotic first term administration of the office. I don't think his management skills were anything close to good, or even minimally acceptable (as opposed to his ideas and policies, which I endorse wholeheartedly). But none of that matters- Making Trump a political martyr will also make his President, IMO.

I get that but I constantly have to remind myself that not only had leftists announced their plan to impeach Trump before he even took offense they were running scam after scam at him, his family and his supporters to try and take him down. And largely because of that nobody wanted to work in his administration.

And despite all that I can't think of anyone who came close accomplishing what he did in 4 years, 3 really, in 8 years.

It would be great if Trump was younger but he does seem to posses enormous stamina. He might falter during the race but as of now nobody on either side of the aisle outworks him.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 08:26 AM (ZLI7S)

103 98 Meanwhile, the Swiss government changed their country's laws over the weekend so that the shareholders of Credit Suisse have no say in the takeover of their bank, and it gets sold for a 50% discount to UBS. Watch the contagion spread.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 20, 2023 08:23 AM (lTGtQ)

"Been there, done that."

- - Obama and the GM stock and bond holders

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:26 AM (x0n13)

104 New emoji test...

📺 🏛️

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:26 AM (Vwz3I)

105 MOM! Paul has his pee-pee out and is playing with it again. Oh, gross.
Posted by: Pauls Sister
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Your brother is a DICK!!!

Posted by: jeff spicoli's brother at March 20, 2023 08:27 AM (Vwz3I)

106 That moment when you read the drive-by troll's droppings and wonder how they can pack that much stupid all into one head.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 08:28 AM (4I/2K)

107 Andycanuck, it has always boggled my mind that anyone from Canada is on board with fighting "global warming." One place on Earth that should be welcoming it!

Posted by: Catherine at March 20, 2023 08:28 AM (ZSsrh)

108 103

And despite all that I can't think of anyone who came close accomplishing what he did in 4 years, 3 really, in 8 years.

It would be great if Trump was younger but he does seem to posses enormous stamina. He might falter during the race but as of now nobody on either side of the aisle outworks him.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 08:26 AM (ZLI7S)

He gets the nomination, I vote for him. Simple as that. Anyone here disagree with that??

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 08:29 AM (PCK5/)

109 The 2020 steal may be a significant issue to many people, but it has no business in the 2024 campaign. Campaigns are all about the future, not the past.

Make it a part of the next administration to help states clean up their elections, sure, but in a campaign it is a loser issue.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:29 AM (12BxK)

110 I've been seeing a bunch of commercials to support the ACLU for only $19 a month (38 cents a day). Give now and get a shirt and a sticker. I don't think I ever see seen that before for the ACLU.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 08:30 AM (iayUP)

111 That moment when you read the drive-by troll's droppings and wonder how they can pack that much stupid all into one head.
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It's just like Nibbler's crap from Futurama.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:31 AM (Vwz3I)

112 Braggs Soros funding and support base want a return on investment from him and he is caught in his own web. Levin had on Trumps lawyer last night and he pointed out not just the disregard for the law in this case but the fact that one of the committee members Bragg had as part of his grand jury evidence team quit the team because there is no crime to prosecute.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 20, 2023 08:31 AM (F0jcH)

113 Democrats have been stealing elections for as long as there have been Democrats. Harping on about it does no one any good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:31 AM (12BxK)

114 That Pence has even come out and strongly condemned the potential arrest of Trump, that even McCarthy has spoken on it, while Ron can't?

Look, I'm ok with Don or Ron. I'm on record as saying the 2024 winning ticket is Don and Ron.

But ... if he can't speak out-- especially after he did against the illegal raid-- that stinks bad enough to be disqualifying.

In fact, any Republicans who can't or won't condemn it, that utterly ruinous debasement of law by the Dems for even floating it, is as clear a marker as any: They are either closet Democrats or they care more for their personal gain than the country.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 20, 2023 08:32 AM (vGwDa)

115 Yeah, I know it doesn't add up. Since when does that matter?

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 08:32 AM (iayUP)

116 One place on Earth that should be welcoming it!
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Same LIVs as in the U.S. and at schools; and amongst the Greenie converted they claim when all the Arctic permafrost melts, huge amounts of methane released will wipe out humanity.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:33 AM (Vwz3I)

117 JJ, I'm getting tired of stating this hard, cold fact but those on our side who continue to argue that the stolen 2020 election is not central to the absolute mess we are in now, are pissing into the winds of reality.
What happened in 2020 - or rather, what the G.O.P. allowed to happen - was then and is now a GIGANTIC CRIME AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY that both robbed President Trump of his reelection and the USA of our future!
The rampant crime, overrun joke of a border, end of our energy independence, dangerous weakening of our military and tanking of what was the strongest economy in half a century is ALL directly tied to what happened on that Tuesday night in November 2020.
And the Republicans will continue to repeatedly assure us "we will get to the bottom of 2020" and then not do ONE DAMN THING about it. They helped steal it.
So YES, 2020 has EVERYTHING to do with where we are now. Pretending it doesn't is to excuse one of the greatest crimes in American history!

Posted by: Tracy at March 20, 2023 08:33 AM (x58Cx)

118 What's green and smells like ham?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 20, 2023 08:36 AM (+Wcyp)

119 Fauci is trending on Twitter-

Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

Dr. Fauci went to the hood to pressure black people to get vaccinated.

Little did Fauci know his career would be destroyed the 1st door he knocked on.

https://tinyurl.com/58wu3kc6

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

120 What's green and smells like ham?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 20, 2023 08:36 AM (+Wcyp)

Kermit's finger

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 20, 2023 08:36 AM (Mkvkw)

121 >>>...Donald Trump. History's greatest monster. Reason for the the psychosis, he beat Hillary.
~~~~~

It's so much more than that. It also doesn't explain why the establishment republicans despise (fear) him. He's an outsider and he was going to expose the entire corrupt system that these treasonous ba$tards have been operating for decades.

Hillary: If (Trump) wins, we're all going to hang from nooses.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 20, 2023 08:37 AM (3ImbR)

122 Vermont’s socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders predictably ranted, “Right now we have 45 million young people drowning in student debt. I have talked to people who have literally delayed having a family. They can’t have any kids. They can’t afford a car. They can’t afford to have a middle-class life. In America, you shouldn’t have to face financial ruin because you want a damn education.”

Old Fuckin Idiot
Top 40 Companies Offering Tuition Reimbursement
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/find/title/index.html
Scholarships 23041 results found.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 08:37 AM (BRHaw)

123 Middle School toilet humor is the best.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 20, 2023 08:38 AM (+Wcyp)

124 Yeah, I know it doesn't add up. Since when does that matter?
Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 08:32 AM (iayUP)

My accounting theory of "close enough" never really caught on at the Big Accounting Firm. So I left and started a standup comedy routine.

Posted by: Bob Newhart, Button Down Mind at March 20, 2023 08:38 AM (4I/2K)

125 This order was the result of a lawsuit against the Smithsonian for its actions that day. Before the story became news, it appears almost all Washington museums and monuments were under orders from someone in the executive branch of the Biden administration to harass and eject pro-life demonstrators. Pro-life visitors to the National Archives and the Washington Monument were also harassed that day.

After the story hit the press, these institutions immediately expressed regret. Since no one believed them, the pro-life demonstrators went to court, enlisting the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) as their law firm. Not only has the Smithsonian lost in court, so has the National Archives.

What a great result, and, shockingly, it came from a DC Circuit court. I thank the ACLJ (whom I have never heard of before) for manning up and going after the Junta so successfully.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:39 AM (RFpWh)

126 Posted by: Tracy at March 20, 2023 08:33 AM (x58Cx)

They've made the 2020 election their Big Lie. They will do anything to defend the false narrative that everything was aboveboard and that there was absolutely nothing hinky about abolishing every possible election security requirement in the name of COVID, against State laws and Constitutions.

Both sides of the Establishment are on board with preserving this lie at all costs, because to question it is to question the legitimacy of the Establishment in both parties, and they don't want people to realize that we are living under the occupation of an illegitimate, hostile regime.

Posted by: Cato, Collectivism Delenda Est, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at March 20, 2023 08:39 AM (MIb2C)

127 Maybe they are so blinded by hatred that they can’t see that every time they use the heavy hand of the law against the former president, they just cement his status as MAGA martyr.
Or maybe they are so terrified of running against Ron DeSantis in 2024, that they actually want to martyr Trump to ensure he wins the Republican presidential primary ready for a repeat contest with Joe Biden.
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Swing and a miss. They don't fear Trump. They demonstrated quite well that they can largely contain him. I have nor reason to suspect that the thought process is any different for DeSantis.

This is vengeance. It's vengeance against Trump for having the audacity to think that a non-Deep-State-aligned outsider has any place in Washington and it's both vengeance against and a warning to the people who supported him. To the the people, the message is, "if you try this again, we'll hamstring the guy and gleefully run up the score until you damn rubes understand your place. You have no chance. We hate you and will destroy your symbols and hopes. If you try direct action, you'll end up in a gulag as a political prisoner like the Jan 6 crew."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 08:39 AM (t0OGg)

128 Meanwhile, the Swiss government changed their country's laws over the weekend so that the shareholders of Credit Suisse have no say in the takeover of their bank, and it gets sold for a 50% discount to UBS. Watch the contagion spread.

Tom Luongo and Alex Krainer have some interesting theories that the American banks the hold stakes in the Federal Reserve are presently at war with the European central bankers, and that Jay Powell's interest rate hikes are the shiv to the gut of Europe.

The calculus they suggest is that the Davos crowd have been pushing for One World global currency, which we spell the end of Federal Reserve power and American finance and transfer to a European led global contingency where America would have only a few seats at the table, but not the gavel.

So the aggressive Fed rate hikes have instead been wielded to disembowel European-inspired global communism through the mechanism of decimating off-shore dollar liquidity.

Strange that banker greed and power struggles against globalism could wind up being our savior, but I guess wars make for strange bedfellows.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 20, 2023 08:40 AM (40DMX)

129 I've been seeing a bunch of commercials to support the ACLU for only $19 a month (38 cents a day). Give now and get a shirt and a sticker. I don't think I ever see seen that before for the ACLU.
Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 08:30 AM (iayUP)
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If I toss in an extra $0.25/day, do I also get to adopt a starving orphan in Africa?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 20, 2023 08:41 AM (YIVH2)

130 Good morning everyone. Thank you J.J.

Verse for the Day:

"For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'"

-- Isaiah 41:13

Posted by: Tonypete at March 20, 2023 08:41 AM (OQM6D)

131 The most salient reason to not support Trump is that he is not gaining new supporters, rather he is losing old ones. And he needs them all.

Add to that.. there is about about half of the electorate who would never vote for Trump under any circumstance.

Add to that... Everyone who associates with Trump is marked for career death forever so he will be stuck with Scaramucci style cabinet members.

If anyone has the political and governmental chops to dismantle the administrative state, reel in the FBI and IC overreach, and hold Congress accountable, I think that is DeSantis, not Trump.

Plus, if Trump is re-elected, the "witch hunt" card has been played and didn't stop any of them. They can persecute and prosecute and America will say "Just another Trump scandal."

If DeSantis is elected, they can't witch hunt him. America will say, "Here we go again...another witch hunt. Whatabout Hunter Biden, Hillary!, The Big Guy!" It loses its punch. Its like calling all Republicans "literally Hitler"...it just doesn't work anymore.

Posted by: thesgm at March 20, 2023 08:42 AM (VhDvQ)

132 Vermont’s socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders predictably ranted, “Right now we have 45 million young people drowning in student debt. I have talked to people who have literally delayed having a family. They can’t have any kids. They can’t afford a car. They can’t afford to have a middle-class life. In America, you shouldn’t have to face financial ruin because you want a damn education.”
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Caused entirely by federal nationalization of student loans. If you want a lower cost educational system, remove federal money from universities, and watch all the blood-sucker administrative costs peel away. Less govrenment, not more, reduces costs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:42 AM (RFpWh)

133 In fact, any Republicans who can't or won't condemn it, that utterly ruinous debasement of law by the Dems for even floating it, is as clear a marker as any: They are either closet Democrats or they care more for their personal gain than the country.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 20, 2023 08:32 AM (vGwDa)
~~~~~

If you want to see what a full-throated defense of Donald Trump looks like, check out the statement Byron Donalds put out. Outstanding:

https://twitter.com/RepDonaldsPress/
status/1637469091928604673

Posted by: IrishEi at March 20, 2023 08:42 AM (3ImbR)

134 Vermont’s socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders predictably ranted, “Right now we have 45 million young people drowning in student debt. I have talked to people who have literally delayed having a family. They can’t have any kids. They can’t afford a car. They can’t afford to have a middle-class life. In America, you shouldn’t have to face financial ruin because you want a damn education.”
Posted by: rhennigantx

Bold talk from a man that never held a real job or paid for a fooking thing himself.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 20, 2023 08:43 AM (OQM6D)

135 If I toss in an extra $0.25/day, do I also get to adopt a starving orphan in Africa?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 20, 2023 08:41 AM (YIVH2)

No, you get a polar bear a hot meal or something.

Posted by: dantesed at March 20, 2023 08:43 AM (88xKn)

136 Mornin’, All. It’s Monday again. Yay.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 20, 2023 08:43 AM (EZaTx)

137 What's green and smells like ham?
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Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:44 AM (Vwz3I)

138 Today, that has all but vanished on every front. In fact, an overwhelming percentage of the American people believe that we have a two-tiered justice system that favors those in power and the Left in general.
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We've lost that trustin' feelin'
Whoa, that trustin' fellin'
We've lost that trustin' feelin'
Now it's gone, gone, gone, whoa-oh-oh-oh

It's gone. Lost, destroyed, ruined, etc. We're post-trust and they know it. They rule, we obey or get destroyed. Those are the New Rules.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 08:44 AM (t0OGg)

139 What's green and smells like ham?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 20, 2023 08:36 AM (+Wcyp)

***

Kermies Schvantz

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 20, 2023 08:45 AM (flINI)

140 >>The most salient reason to not support Trump is that he is not gaining new supporters, rather he is losing old ones. And he needs them all.

According to Rich Baris, one of the best pollsters in the country, this is completely wrong.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 08:45 AM (ZLI7S)

141 What's green and smells like ham?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
***

Kermies Schvantz
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

It's hard to be green.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (OQM6D)

142 So, go ahead and slap the cuffs on Trump. It worked so well for the British when they did it to Gandhi, didn't it?

Can't have Easter without Good Friday. They thought they won on GF....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (Angsy)

143 A Trump/Gandhi juxtaposition. I've got to admit I didn't see that coming.

The main similarity I can see is their hairstyle.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (ykeLU)

144
Dr. Fauci went to the hood to pressure black people to get vaccinated.

Little did Fauci know his career would be destroyed the 1st door he knocked on.

https://tinyurl.com/58wu3kc6

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 08:36 AM

That is good. But why did it take so long to get released? From the number of deaths the woman is citing that was spring of 2021.

Posted by: Pauls Sister at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (enJYY)

145 Given how eager and cooperative Cohen is in his vendetta against Trump, we have to ask:

Was the raid on Cohen's office-- where they breached attorney-client privilege--a ruse?

Isn't it now more likely that the NY AG staged the raid to "seize" protected records they already had? That Cohen had already given them but they couldn't legally use against Trump if he was the sole source?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (vGwDa)

146 Is there another *nationally heard* voice other than Trump's reminding people of the rampant electoral fraud maintaining the crooks in government?

Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (SYTee)

147 What's green and smells like ham?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
***

Kermies Schvantz
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

It's hard to be green.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (OQM6D)

Hulk smash!

Posted by: Hulk at March 20, 2023 08:47 AM (4I/2K)

148 134
'Bold talk from a man that never held a real job or paid for a fooking thing himself.'

When your job is pissing away other people's money, never having been responsible is a plus.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 20, 2023 08:47 AM (qVln6)

149 @127 Joe Mannix-Thanks for keeping it based. 100% spot on.

Posted by: JROD at March 20, 2023 08:47 AM (OfHQj)

150 Vermont’s socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders predictably ranted, “Right now we have 45 million young people drowning in student debt. I have talked to people who have literally delayed having a family. They can’t have any kids. They can’t afford a car. They can’t afford to have a middle-class life. In America, you shouldn’t have to face financial ruin because you want a damn education.”
Posted by: rhennigantx

What are the universities doing to help their graduates actually get jobs and not just "a damn education"??

Posted by: Doof at March 20, 2023 08:47 AM (6uyrZ)

151 That is good. But why did it take so long to get released? From the number of deaths the woman is citing that was spring of 2021.
Posted by: Pauls Sister at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (enJYY)
******
New ownership of Twitter.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

152 Is there another *nationally heard* voice other than Trump's reminding people of the rampant electoral fraud maintaining the crooks in government?
Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 08:46 AM (SYTee)

Duh -- nobody has standing to do so

Posted by: Doof at March 20, 2023 08:49 AM (6uyrZ)

153 Happy Monday!

. . . and whatever else happens, don't buy the Cucks' pitch to support "Trumpism without Trump." It is a pig in a poke they're selling - they hate us as much as Trump.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2023 08:50 AM (mqu1M)

154 So the aggressive Fed rate hikes have instead been wielded to disembowel European-inspired global communism through the mechanism of decimating off-shore dollar liquidity.

Strange that banker greed and power struggles against globalism could wind up being our savior, but I guess wars make for strange bedfellows.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger

The fed saying they will insure everyone regardless of the FDIC limits will certainly cause foreign money inflows out of Europe to the US. It will also cause a shortage of dollars.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 20, 2023 08:50 AM (lTGtQ)

155 "Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,

“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall."

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for."

1 Peter 2:8-9

Posted by: Marcus T at March 20, 2023 08:50 AM (OjHyA)

156 Oh, no! Someone at ZeroHedge has taken over the Agence France Press [AFP] linked Insider Paper!!!

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 1h
NEW - Gold tops $2,000 on Credit Suisse buyout
[picture of stacked gold bars 🧈 🧈 🧈 ]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:50 AM (Vwz3I)

157 So, go ahead and slap the cuffs on Trump. It worked so well for the British when they did it to Gandhi, didn't it?
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Gandhi and his movement had the benefit of going up against a non-evil Western power that respected human rights and acknowledged the problems of internal inconsistencies.

The Gandhi approach works against exactly one type of opponent: an honorable English-speaking power. In the immediate post-war period, that approach worked against both Britain and the United States government.

Noawadays, though? Nah. These are no longer governments with a modicum of honor, nor do they respect human rights.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 08:50 AM (t0OGg)

158 Wild photoshop up top.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 20, 2023 08:51 AM (EZaTx)

159 It's almost like the idiots running these banks do not have a clue what they are doing. It was no secret that interest rates were going to go up and up, I mean the Fed chairman told them a year and a half ago what was going to happen. They either refused to listen or are so ignorant about basic banking concepts that I could do a better job running these big banks.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 20, 2023 08:52 AM (ncXxy)

160 Could very well by the Left’s MO is to frighten the opposition into submission. If true, it seems to be working to some extent on the Federal level. It is us whose are still recalcitrant.

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 08:52 AM (PCK5/)

161 117 Posted by: Tracy at March 20, 2023 08:33 AM (x58Cx)

You cannot use the stolen election as the central theme of your entire campaign.

And in any case, the irony/dissonance of actually running for office knowing full well that the system is rigged is insanity to begin with.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 20, 2023 08:52 AM (x0n13)

162 >>“Got robbed. Again. @jasonkCNN & I were at city hall in San Francisco to do an interview for @CNN.”

Did you support BLM, bail reform, defund the police, urban camping, recreational drug legalization and shoot-up centers?

Blame yourself -- you brought this on, honey, all while pointing and calling the rest of us raaaacist bigots.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2023 08:52 AM (mqu1M)

163 BoerBurgerBeweging

Beer Burgers and Buggery

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 08:53 AM (BRHaw)

164 Xi falls down airplane stairway!

@TheInsiderPaper
WATCH: China's Xi arrives in Russia to meet Putin
https://tinyurl.com/yc5z2suv

[Only kidding -- he doesn't even use the handrails for some strange reason.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:53 AM (Vwz3I)

165 Portland left-wing group organizes 'funeral' for public health to mourn end of mask mandates
According to the Oregon Health Authority, under the new regulations, "workers, patients and visitors in health care settings will no longer be required to wear masks."

https://tinyurl.com/mpvbfm2y

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 08:53 AM (NpAcC)

166 164

[Only kidding -- he doesn't even use the handrails for some strange reason.]
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:53 AM (Vwz3I)

Sense of balance???

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 08:54 AM (PCK5/)

167 Musk also noted however that SpaceX is still awaiting the FAA's launch license, and because of this he now expects the launch in the third week in April.

Why it is taking months for the FAA to issue this license is disturbing
===========================
The Junta FAA is anti-science, or at least it is not their concern. They are about nonsensical leftist politics. Ann Rand wrote a book about the struggle Musk is being forced to endure.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:54 AM (UnDu0)

168 @TheInsiderPaper · 2h
JUST IN - AI bot ChatGPT down globally.
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Daaaaaisy Daaaaaiiiissssy give me... help me... Bill...

Posted by: ChatGPT at March 20, 2023 08:55 AM (Vwz3I)

169 Kermies Schvantz
Posted by: Truck Monkey Report

It's hard to be green.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Thread winnah!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 08:55 AM (Vwz3I)

170 "Zero- [Chinese] COVID" Cultists Accuse "Anti-Maskers" of Kitten Murder

Take the jab or we kill the kitty!

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 08:56 AM (BRHaw)

171 Thank you, JJ.

Super majority ILL dems will slam ranked choice voting into law. As if they need even moar fraud.

Posted by: It's Not Votes, It's Not Ballots, It's Ballots Countrd at March 20, 2023 08:56 AM (jV+aN)

172 Sharkman had a great read link yesterday on Leninism, there is no morals , or truth and it's all party line and if it changes you better keep up and never question it.
Winston Smith had to believe 2 +2=5, today he would have to believe men can have babies and believe it.

Posted by: Skip at March 20, 2023 08:57 AM (Ck5SS)

173 The Second Circuit is hearing several appeals today. Those appeals are to reinstate the preliminary injunctions against New York's unconstitutional response to the Bruen decision.

The live stream audio starts at 10:00am EST. Link below;

https://ww2.ca2.uscourts.gov/court.html

Posted by: Marcus T at March 20, 2023 08:57 AM (OjHyA)

174 Or maybe they are so terrified of running against Ron DeSantis in 2024, that they actually want to martyr Trump to ensure he wins the Republican presidential primary ready for a repeat contest with Joe Biden.

'
Hahahaha

Record setting votes. Beat Biden so soundly that they literally simultaneously stopped counting in multiple cities across state lines in order to cram ballots into the system to pretend Biden had caught and beaten Trump.

But yes, DeSantis something something.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 20, 2023 08:57 AM (jqexa)

175 Tom Luongo and Alex Krainer have some interesting theories that the American banks the hold stakes in the Federal Reserve are presently at war with the European central bankers, and that Jay Powell's interest rate hikes are the shiv to the gut of Europe.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 20, 2023 08:40 AM (40DMX)

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors is appointed by POTUS with Senate approval. While there is influence from the interactions with the banks and influence from interactions with the politicians, it's not set up so that either can easily drive where monetary policy is going to go.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 08:58 AM (eYoxG)

176 JUST IN - AI bot ChatGPT down globally.
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Yeah, search engines go down occasionally.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 20, 2023 08:58 AM (jqexa)

177 He stopped loving her today,
They placed a wreath upon his door,
Soon they'll carry him away,
He stopped loving her today.

Posted by: Zombie Possum at March 20, 2023 08:58 AM (wrJpE)

178 A copy of the survey shows it inquired about the pre-teens' risk behavior, with several questions asking about their sexual history. "Have you ever participated in oral sex?" one question asked. "Oral sex is when a person puts their mouth on another person's genitals or private area," the survey explained.

A. Yes
B. No
C. Would you like to? Phone # Please

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 08:59 AM (BRHaw)

179 Musk also noted however that SpaceX is still awaiting the FAA's launch license, and because of this he now expects the launch in the third week in April. ...
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:54 AM (UnDu0)
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As usual. SpaceX is *years* behind where it would have been without the FAA and NASA dicking them around. Throughout the Obama years, it was delay after delay as the norm. During the Trump administration, that stopped and SpaceX made huge progress. During Biden, it's back to status quo.

This isn't even about Musk (though that may be a factor now, post-Twitter), it's about NASA. These people do *not* want a private space industry. This is the domain of government, and they want it to stay there. These are delaying tactics to let NASA catch up and rule the roost.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:00 AM (t0OGg)

180 Why do all of these whoa-man drag queens subscribe to the Patches The Clown school of beautification?

Girls, take it down a few notches, your slip is showing!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 20, 2023 09:00 AM (Jg7EG)

181 have talked to people who have literally delayed having a family. They can’t have any kids. They can’t afford a car. They can’t afford to have a middle-class life. In America, you shouldn’t have to face financial ruin because you want a damn education.”

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Young people can't afford to feed themselves since prices doubled. Car prices have skyrocketed. Services are up 30-50% since Biden was seated. Energy costs are the same.

Those are fine, though.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 20, 2023 09:00 AM (jqexa)

182 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 13h
WATCH 🚨 Mysterious falling ‘space debris’ light up the sky over Sacramento, California

UPDATES 🚨 A mesmerizing display of lights streaking in the night sky over Northern California on Friday was caused by the re-entry of flaming space debris into Earth’s atmosphere, experts said - NYT

https://tinyurl.com/5ed7psym

[9-second video; some funny replies as well]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 09:01 AM (Vwz3I)

183 This isn't even about Musk (though that may be a factor now, post-Twitter), it's about NASA. These people do *not* want a private space industry. This is the domain of government, and they want it to stay there. These are delaying tactics to let NASA catch up and rule the roost.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:00 AM (t0OGg)

That's going to take a while with NASA so busy with diversity initiatives and climate change.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 09:02 AM (eYoxG)

184 Tom Cotton may not be a candidate for anything but he is one of the few Republicans in the Senate who acts like a serious statesman. In this remarkable interview, where he dissects one bullshit leftist policy after another, he deftly analyzes exactly why the SVB bank failure happened.

Go to 3:20 in the RealClearPolitics video clip if you don't have time to listen to the whole thing.

https://tinyurl.com/5t4e9svj

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 09:02 AM (4ce6M)

185 Boston. As in Massachusetts. As in deep blue Massachusetts. As in...they voted for this sh*t. Now they get to enjoy their winnings. Idiots.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 20, 2023 07:59 AM (sVtYq)
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In that place, I agree with you. There are places where the Left really does rule the roost, even without election "engineering." MA is one of those places.

And the parents pulling their kids from the sex education class is not going to be enough. They need to dis-enroll completely and starve the beast. Start community cooperative schools, home school, private school, whatever. But until those per-pupil dollars vanish for a long period of time, this will continue.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:02 AM (t0OGg)

186 Young people can't afford to feed themselves since prices doubled. Car prices have skyrocketed. Services are up 30-50% since Biden was seated. Energy costs are the same.

Those are fine, though.
Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 20, 2023 09:00 AM (jqexa)

Amen.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 20, 2023 09:02 AM (exHjb)

187 That's going to take a while with NASA so busy with diversity initiatives and climate change.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 09:02 AM (eYoxG)
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Yup.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:03 AM (t0OGg)

188 185 And the parents pulling their kids from the sex education class is not going to be enough. They need to dis-enroll completely and starve the beast. Start community cooperative schools, home school, private school, whatever. But until those per-pupil dollars vanish for a long period of time, this will continue.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:02 AM (t0OGg)

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I encourage the left to keep their children in these schools and "education" programs to own the cons.

It'll really show us when their kids cut off their own dicks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:04 AM (LvTSG)

189 Jesse Kelly
@JesseKellyDC

I’d pay more attention to the “we can’t vote our way out of this” crowd if local election participation and primary election participation from the Right was anything more than embarrassing.

We haven’t even tried to “vote our way out”. 20% participation in primaries? Pathetic

I tell people exactly what to do all the time. The problem is you don’t wanna hear “Run for school board and we’ll take back the country but it will take 50 years”.

You wanna hear “Take to the streets and we’ll save America by voting in Trump/DeSantis in 2024!

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 09:04 AM (NpAcC)

190 As for a " movement " Trump was right.

They're not after him. They're after us. He's just in the way.

When viewed like this, that is the reason for multiple BS investigations. They can't mentally nor monetarily break him. That's what frustrates the Left the most.

So they keep digging be abuse they have no alternative.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 20, 2023 09:05 AM (NW9xb)

191 >have talked to people who have literally delayed having a family. They can’t have any kids. They can’t afford a car. They can’t afford to have a middle-class life

Not my problem. Don't borrow if you can't pay back.
Lesson learned, dumbasses.

Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:05 AM (geLO8)

192 Mornin', morons.

Posted by: gp Of Mayberry at March 20, 2023 09:06 AM (MvF+J)

193 191 Not my problem. Don't borrow if you can't pay back.
Lesson learned, dumbasses.
Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:05 AM (geLO

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But becoming an electrician is low class, and stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:06 AM (LvTSG)

194 Quote Tweet Geraldo Rivera @GeraldoRivera · 20h
Chris Christie could be the strongest GOP alternative for POTUS; savvy, swagger, moderation, toughness

Catturd @catturd2 · 19h
OMG - 😂 [x 25] 😂 👉 🤡

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 09:06 AM (Vwz3I)

195 That Lennon song is a godless, commie piece of shit.
I am glad someone other than me is calling it out.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (Blf6K)

196 >>Young people can't afford to feed themselves since prices doubled. Car prices have skyrocketed. Services are up 30-50% since Biden was seated. Energy costs are the same.

We are on the edge of WWIII with Russia. China is rising and NK is firing missiles again. ISIS and al Qaeda are on the rise in Afghanistan and Iran is cozying up to Saudi Arabia. At home we have groomers in our schools and kids being mutilated while a weaponized DOJ is attacking anyone who dares to complain.

But stolen elections don't matter.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)

197 194 Quote Tweet Geraldo Rivera @GeraldoRivera · 20h
Chris Christie could be the strongest GOP alternative for POTUS; savvy, swagger, moderation, toughness

Catturd @catturd2 · 19h
OMG - 😂 [x 25] 😂 👉 🤡
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 09:06 AM (Vwz3I)

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Tell me you live in a political bubble without telling me you live in a political bubble.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (LvTSG)

198 Everyone overlooks Trumps most important accomplishments regarding economics and it is THEE reason the globalists overthrew him.

- Corporate tax rate from the highest in the world(39%) to 21%
- 1st-point-of-sale-tariffs-in-Asia leading to devaluing the Chinese currency even further.
- Trashing 10s of thousands of regulations inhibiting American manufacturing.
- Unleashing American energy which became the economic leverage to tame the world(oil at $40/barrel neutering China and Russia and Iran).

Everything else is a distraction.

DeSantis is a lawyer, not a businessman. I dearly hope Trump gets elected and installs RdS as AG to clean house.

Posted by: Danimal28 at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (klw0w)

199 Okay, I gotta ask since there are a firestorm of articles about the Israeli 'judicial reform' bruhaha. Mostly against it.

What I do know is that Netanyahu is fer it and our Thief in Chief is agin it. That settles the matter in my mind. Still, I do wonder what exactly is getting reformed here? Without wondering enough to read the 11,999,992 articles about the whole thing. Eight Israelis have NOT written a treatise on this topic.

Approximately. Thanks for the roundup JJS.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (JOtiF)

200 >But becoming an electrician is low class, and stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

If only I'd gone to a trade school when I was 17

Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:08 AM (geLO8)

201 Yeah. If you become an electrician, you should never starve.
Assuming, of course, you are willing to work.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:08 AM (ufFY8)

202 Take a look at NASA's Artemis proposed 3rd mission. The emphasis is on "landing the first woman and person of color" on the moon.

The flight has 4 crew.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 09:08 AM (Q4IgG)

203 198 DeSantis is a lawyer, not a businessman. I dearly hope Trump gets elected and installs RdS as AG to clean house.
Posted by: Danimal28 at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (klw0w)

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Assuming any GOP could win the presidential election (*bites tongue*), this would be my preferred outcome.

VP is a thankless, meaningless position without any actual responsibilities. AG is a real position in charge of one of the largest fiefdoms in DC. If DeSantis is real, he'll be able to walk into the DOJ and make real, positive changes. If he's not, he'll be corrupted like any other potential AG pick.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

204 But I want a Pony!!!

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 20, 2023 09:09 AM (iSZpJ)

205 I don't know who is doing this, but it is brilliant:

@TheAtlarntic

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 09:09 AM (aylmF)

206 >>Why do all of these whoa-man drag queens subscribe to the Patches The Clown school of beautification?

Psychology Today:In evolutionary psychology, signaling theory explains behaviors that do not seem to serve an evolutionary advantage, and in particular behaviors that are meant to attract the attention of a targeted audience. . .
. . . those who perform drag full-time are faced with many personal, physical, and financial sacrifices as well. They also risk being discriminated against not only in public, but also within the gay community. Signaling theory would explain that engaging in “costly” behaviors demonstrates to the intended targets that they are not “faking” those behaviors, which has the benefit of the individual being validated and appreciated more for their efforts. Furthermore, the authors explain that in signaling theory, it is key that the signaling behaviors are extravagant or loud enough to garner attention in an otherwise crowded environment and to help reach the attention of potential allies. In other words, it is critical to stand out.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2023 09:09 AM (mqu1M)

207 199 Okay, I gotta ask since there are a firestorm of articles about the Israeli 'judicial reform' bruhaha. Mostly against it.

What I do know is that Netanyahu is fer it and our Thief in Chief is agin it. That settles the matter in my mind. Still, I do wonder what exactly is getting reformed here? Without wondering enough to read the 11,999,992 articles about the whole thing. Eight Israelis have NOT written a treatise on this topic.

Approximately. Thanks for the roundup JJS.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (JOtiF)

Well the judiciary in Israel was used to witch hunt Netanyahu a lot like what we see in the US with Trump. So that's probably it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 09:10 AM (eYoxG)

208 Quote Tweet Geraldo Rivera @GeraldoRivera · 20h
Chris Christie could be the strongest GOP alternative for POTUS; savvy, swagger, moderation, toughness

Catturd @catturd2 · 19h
OMG - 😂 [x 25] 😂 👉 🤡
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 09:06 AM (Vwz3I)

. . . coronary artery disease, morbid obesity, metabolic syndrome, and a fat man in the bathtub with the blues.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 09:10 AM (4I/2K)

209 The stone that the builder refused. Bob Marley:

https://youtu.be/mUswekQOChg

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 09:10 AM (iayUP)

210 >Take a look at NASA's Artemis proposed 3rd mission. The emphasis is on "landing the first woman and person of color" on the moon.

it makes everything more meaningful

"first moon rock picked up by a woman", and so forth

Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (geLO8)

211 We are on the edge of WWIII with Russia. China is rising and NK is firing missiles again. ISIS and al Qaeda are on the rise in Afghanistan and Iran is cozying up to Saudi Arabia. At home we have groomers in our schools and kids being mutilated while a weaponized DOJ is attacking anyone who dares to complain.
But stolen elections don't matter.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM (ZLI7S)
~~~~~

Yeah, but mean tweets!

Posted by: IrishEi at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (3ImbR)

212 1. Clarice Feldman: "...and the man behind the curtain in the SVB saga is none other than... Joe Biden."

2. "As colleges go woke, dumb down curricula, and raise tuition fees, Pickpocket-in-Chief Joe Biden wants you to foot the bill."

Joe's theory of economics and his entire domestic economics "plan" is based on continually increasing FedGov spending. Increase it year after year by as much as he can get Congress to swallow. The objective is to buy votes, not improve the general economy for everyone. When the economy does go in the toilet, Joe's answer will be Spend More Money!

If Congress give him increased spending authority he's happy because he can try to buy more votes. If Congress balks, Joe is happy because he will campaign on the GOP House's refusal to spend a little more to give working families a little bit of breathing room in these tough times. Racism and Global Warming will somehow be included in his yelling about the cruel GOP refusal to spend a bit more money.

Posted by: Gref at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (AMIL/)

213
Assuming any GOP could win the presidential election (*bites tongue*), this would be my preferred outcome.

VP is a thankless, meaningless position without any actual responsibilities. AG is a real position in charge of one of the largest fiefdoms in DC. If DeSantis is real, he'll be able to walk into the DOJ and make real, positive changes. If he's not, he'll be corrupted like any other potential AG pick.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

It'd be tough to get anyone good in the AG spot unless the R senate makeup changes more.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (eYoxG)

214 Washoe County, Nevada.

This is a county with about 600,000 people on the voter rolls.

People registered in vacant lots: over 4,200
Registered in hotels: over 2,000
Registered in parking lots: over 2,500
Registered in R.V. parks: 1,600

10,300 illegal voters, does that matter?
Its is about one third of the NV 2020 spread.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (BRHaw)

215 "first moon rock picked up by a woman"

First crater rearranged on the moon.

Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (SYTee)

216 NATO intends to stop Russia if it decides to expand the war beyond Ukraine. the Alliance is talking about strengthening its eastern borders and the need to send up to 300,000 troops

The US is deploying 2 aircraft carriers to the region. They could probably destroy what’s left of the remaking Soviet airforce.

Moldova needs help now and Poland is also firmly in Putin's sights. They need help too!!

War Criminal Putin will say NATO is aggressively preparing to invade Russia. State media robots will repeat it endlessly. One of his original excuses for his invasion was "NATO's eastward expansion."

so much for Single Payer health care. Probably get the retirement age raised again. And to keep the steady flow of volunteers to the armed forces, make sure income inequality remains high.

WTF? I played every Fallout game there is, it's not a pretty land. Russia is dying to pull the nuke trigger

are you suggesting that NATO leaves it's eastern flank exposed? Wouldn't that tempt Putin to try to take over the Baltic states? Appeasement has never worked with tyrants!

Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (JCZqz)

217 @TheHoneyMa

White ppl not seasoning their food actually rly is based in racism & classism lol.

The reason white ppl don’t season food is bc historically, rich white ppl began to think seasoning was for brown ppl who had to season their food bc they couldn’t afford better tasting meat. They also associated unseasoned food w cleanliness & moral purity, calling it “clean” or “simple” eating. In medieval Europe the rich felt that once spices became affordable for everyone instead of just the wealthy, they no longer wanted them.

So basically white ppl don’t season their food bc their ancestors thought seasoning was for poor ppl & brown ppl. Lol

https://tinyurl.com/3efezp6w

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

218 Fox reporting California reparations groups wanting Newsome to use executive action to implement their plans. The Dems never thought this would get this far I'd imagine - they are pretty well screwed either way. Glorious.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (YGElQ)

219
But becoming an electrician is low class, and stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:06 AM

I remember going to a class reunion 20 plus years ago and talking to a classmate who had gone into the electrical trade. He was sort of poo-pooing it. I told him it would be a great career and that I was paying a ton of money every month to my electrician to handle issues at my factory.

Guess who paid for an alternative night out and free booze when the latest reunion got canceled because of Covid?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 09:13 AM (enJYY)

220 Since we have some suburban Philly peeps here I was at a car dealer last week on Route 30 in Fraser where they are now getting cars stolen off the lot and/or catalytic converters stolen.
___

Sorry, the catalytic convertor option is $500.

Posted by: Jerry Lundegaard at March 20, 2023 09:13 AM (fs1hN)

221 Breaking911 @Breaking911 · 1 minute
JUST IN: 2 students injured after shooting at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas; suspect in custody - KTVT

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at March 20, 2023 09:13 AM (Vwz3I)

222 202 Take a look at NASA's Artemis proposed 3rd mission. The emphasis is on "landing the first woman and person of color" on the moon.

The flight has 4 crew.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 09:08 AM (Q4Ig

She will refuse to wear the helmet that musses up her natural fro and die upon exiting the lunar module.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 09:13 AM (BRHaw)

223 "first moon rock picked up by a woman"

First crater rearranged on the moon.
Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (SYTee)

First golf ball hit on the moon from the ladies tee box.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 09:13 AM (4I/2K)

224 But yes, DeSantis something something.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 20, 2023 08:57 AM (jqexa)

How is Trump's second term going?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 20, 2023 09:14 AM (XIJ/X)

225 Assuming any GOP could win the presidential election (*bites tongue*), this would be my preferred outcome.

VP is a thankless, meaningless position without any actual responsibilities. AG is a real position in charge of one of the largest fiefdoms in DC. If DeSantis is real, he'll be able to walk into the DOJ and make real, positive changes. If he's not, he'll be corrupted like any other potential AG pick.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:09 AM (LvTSG)

Nah, I want Miyares as AG. No "big" contender will want it, but he's the type of guy that would be awesome, would take it, and would get a national profile rise for the future...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 20, 2023 09:14 AM (exHjb)

226 213 It'd be tough to get anyone good in the AG spot unless the R senate makeup changes more.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (eYoxG)

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Another reason I largely don't care about the presidential race. The Senate is another fiefdom run by people not on our side, and the people in the states where the biggest problematic GOP senators come from (including my own SC) seem unwilling to actually try and fix that, all while the RNC and every other national Republican organization does everything it can to blunt actual conservative resurgences within the primaries.

But, still, Trump winning and putting DeSantis in charge of the DOJ would be a solid move, better than making him a worthless VP because all VPs are worthless.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:14 AM (LvTSG)

227 @189 redridinghood-the most damage that has been done by the left until 2020 has not been done at the ballot box, it has been done through culture. Doesn’t matter what percentage of people turn out to vote from here on out, we can’t vote for a huge cultural shift. Cultural rot is a thing and politics is downstream(I think that’s how it goes). If any change comes, it will come from “the streets”, not the ballot box.

Posted by: JROD at March 20, 2023 09:14 AM (OfHQj)

228

I-uh uh-don't like oatmeal

yeah

Posted by: John Fetterman at March 20, 2023 09:15 AM (vwCZJ)

229 So basically white ppl don’t season their food bc their ancestors thought seasoning was for poor ppl & brown ppl. Lol
__

I always keep hot sauce in my purse!

Posted by: Hillary! at March 20, 2023 09:15 AM (fs1hN)

230 Will female astronauts have a lunar rover to drive?

Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:16 AM (geLO8)

231 Well the judiciary in Israel was used to witch hunt Netanyahu a lot like what we see in the US with Trump. So that's probably it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 09:10 AM (eYoxG)

Yeah, I already guessed that. I just wondered if there was something else there, since the tilt of the articles is TEOTWAWKI if it becomes law.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 20, 2023 09:16 AM (JOtiF)

232 But I want a Pony!!!
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

"Who figures an immigrant is gonna have a pony ?"

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 09:16 AM (T4tVD)

233 That Lennon song is a godless, commie piece of shit.
I am glad someone other than me is calling it out.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM

Mornin', Horde.

I hate that song with the heat of a thousand suns.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 20, 2023 09:16 AM (i5yTE)

234 233 That Lennon song is a godless, commie piece of shit.
I am glad someone other than me is calling it out.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:07 AM

Mornin', Horde.

I hate that song with the heat of a thousand suns.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 20, 2023 09:16 AM (i5yTE)

Imagine that !!!

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 09:17 AM (PCK5/)

235 But becoming an electrician is low class, and stuff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:06 AM

Absolutely.

How do they spend all of their classless money?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 20, 2023 09:17 AM (XIJ/X)

236 233 I hate that song with the heat of a thousand suns.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 20, 2023 09:16 AM (i5yTE)

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You Spin Me Round >>>>>>>>>> Imagine > Sweet Home Alabama

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:17 AM (LvTSG)

237 235 Absolutely.

How do they spend all of their classless money?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 20, 2023 09:17 AM (XIJ/X)

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Not going to the right parties, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:18 AM (LvTSG)

238 Yeah, there are three broad categories of electrician: residential, commercial, and industrial. Residential is obvious, you build houses, or repair/ fix things in existing ones.
Commercial, you build/ repair business property ( I am least familiar with this area.
Industrial: all kinds of different things, from construction to maintaining existing systems.

There is always a need for those folks.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:18 AM (ufFY8)

239 205 I don't know who is doing this, but it is brilliant:

@TheAtlarntic
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Looking further, it seems to be done by a leftist, covid forever type. But it is spot on satire of the Atlantic that even we can appreciate.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at March 20, 2023 09:18 AM (TXtUO)

240 Admiral Kirby, yesterday, already responded to a Chinese intiiative for a cease-fire and for peace negotiations in Ukraine. On behalf of the Junta, he said "No!".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 09:19 AM (EAuAz)

241 202 Take a look at NASA's Artemis proposed 3rd mission. The emphasis is on "landing the first woman and person of color" on the moon.
The flight has 4 crew.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 20, 2023 09:08 AM

I remember when YT landed on the moon all the black and brown leftists be saying all dat monies we be spending on da moon could have been spent in the inner cities helping all de chirruns out who ain't be gots no baby daddy.

Just can't be happy no matter what.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 20, 2023 09:19 AM (OgB1i)

242 Good morning from an NC jury duty waiting room. Lucky me.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (ve6rE)

243 Does this space suit make my ass look fat?

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (ufFY8)

244 Electricians will be needed as long as there is electricity.

Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (SYTee)

245 I hate that song with the heat of a thousand suns.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I guess your birdbath doesn't freeze.

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (T4tVD)

246 ... so much for Single Payer health care. Probably get the retirement age raised again. And to keep the steady flow of volunteers to the armed forces, make sure income inequality remains high. ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (JCZqz)
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Uhhh, when was the legal retirement age raised in this country?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (t0OGg)

247 Will female astronauts have a lunar rover to drive?
Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:16 AM (geLO

First two-rover, all-woman collision on the moon. Just like that 2000 Indy 500 where, with only two women drivers in the race they managed to crash into each other in Turn 1, early in the race. Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (4I/2K)

248 >>So basically white ppl don’t season their food bc their ancestors thought seasoning was for poor ppl & brown ppl. Lol

Just a wildass guess here: The bland food whites eat is typically an unadorned piece of meat with one or more separate vegetables, right? Compared to the so-called "poor and brown ppl" food that is heavily spiced -- which is a mix of a lot of ingredients, which allows for inclusion (padding out) of less expensive ingredients, etc.
So . . . maybe it's more about class: a fine piece of meat should be tasted vs. mystery meat (all they could find/afford) being camouflaged with spices and mixed into a busy sauce.

* I know this based on an uncle who grew up during the Depression who ate one meal/day, a mystery stew that likely contained rat and other awful stuff, demanding only standalone meat and veggies as an adult. He wanted to know what he was eating.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2023 09:21 AM (mqu1M)

249 Victor Davis Hanson: "The list of serial embarrassments at Stanford reads like the suicides of Greek tragedy, where divine nemesis follows hubris."

What Happened to Stanford?

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When I was there in the mid-80's, a small group of Marxists protested daily in the Admin Quad outside the University President's office chanting "Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Western Civ has got to go!"

Stanford had a requirement that a course in Western Civilization had to be taken in order to graduate (and they've since dropped that requirement, natch) -- but it was obvious that it was not only the course requirement they were out to destroy, but Western Civilization itself.

And now that the inmates have taken over the asylum, we see the fruits across the West -- and in particular the English-speaking countries -- of destroying the Judeo-Christian foundations, values, & ethics of Western Civilization. Ayn Rand prophesied & nailed it over 50 years ago with her book of collected essays entitled "The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Abolition of The West is from Men Without Chests at March 20, 2023 09:21 AM (wsx8x)

250 Good morning from an NC jury duty waiting room. Lucky me.
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (ve6rE)

Not guilty!

Make the State PROVE their case.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:21 AM (ufFY8)

251 ... WTF? I played every Fallout game there is, it's not a pretty land. Russia is dying to pull the nuke trigger ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (JCZqz)
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Fallout: the proper education for military strategists.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:21 AM (t0OGg)

252 It'd be tough to get anyone good in the AG spot unless the R senate makeup changes more.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (eYoxG)

so.... what's the down side?

Posted by: SturmToddler at March 20, 2023 09:22 AM (Mkvkw)

253 251 ... WTF? I played every Fallout game there is, it's not a pretty land. Russia is dying to pull the nuke trigger ...
Posted by: Intrepid Democratic Underground AoS Liaison at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (JCZqz)
++++
Fallout: the proper education for military strategists.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:21 AM (t0OGg)

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Also...none of the Fallout games take place in Europe. They're all America based. I have no idea what this person is talking about.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:22 AM (LvTSG)

254 >>>"first moon rock picked up by a woman"

First crater rearranged on the moon.
Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (SYTee)

First golf ball hit on the moon from the ladies tee box.

Posted by: Count de Monet

>First Karen to nag Buzz Aldrin for leaving his shit all over the moonscape.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 20, 2023 09:22 AM (Jg7EG)

255 Geraldo Rivera. WTF listens to him?

Posted by: Ziba at March 20, 2023 09:22 AM (4h9M3)

256 “I will likely run again,” Abrams said. “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. If it doesn’t work, you try again.”

Abrams seemed to reiterate this position when she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) last week that she views political office as “one tool for the issues I am committed to tackling.”

Greg Bluestein of the AJC quoted several Democrats who feared another Abrams run would further tarnish the party’s brand in the purple state of Georgia.

Posted by: PeeWee Herman at March 20, 2023 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

257 There is always a need for those folks.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:18 AM (ufFY

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Until the geniuses in charge of giant infrastructure fail completely and ruin it, causing large-scale and long-term blackouts...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:23 AM (t0OGg)

258
Hmm... lunar camel toe. Not sure it will make it to PronHub.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 09:23 AM (enJYY)

259 If Congress give him increased spending authority he's happy because he can try to buy more votes. If Congress balks, Joe is happy because he will campaign on the GOP House's refusal to spend a little more to give working families a little bit of breathing room in these tough times. Racism and Global Warming will somehow be included in his yelling about the cruel GOP refusal to spend a bit more money.
Posted by: Gref at March 20, 2023 09:11 AM (AMIL/)

PDT tax cuts brought in $4.9 TRILLION in 2022.
Spending
2018 4,109.
2019 4,447.

Just having 1 to 2% spending increases would have debt cut in half in around 15 years.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 09:23 AM (BRHaw)

260 256 “I will likely run again,” Abrams said. “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. If it doesn’t work, you try again.”

Abrams seemed to reiterate this position when she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) last week that she views political office as “one tool for the issues I am committed to tackling.”

Greg Bluestein of the AJC quoted several Democrats who feared another Abrams run would further tarnish the party’s brand in the purple state of Georgia.
Posted by: PeeWee Herman at March 20, 2023 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

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Do it. If she isn't running against Kemp, who seems to be the only Republican that the Atlanta machine won't intentionally sabotage, she'll win.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at March 20, 2023 09:23 AM (LvTSG)

261 242 Good morning from an NC jury duty waiting room. Lucky me.
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Remember - Guillotine!!

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 20, 2023 09:24 AM (8Sqzu)

262 First Mardi Gras boob flash from the moon.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 20, 2023 09:24 AM (4I/2K)

263 New Fallout tv series coming out, with Walton Goggins.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:24 AM (ufFY8)

264 Ted Lieu gave $50,000 of his campaign donations to Stanford to enroll his kid. No arrest for Ted Lieu though.

Posted by: Gwenn at March 20, 2023 09:24 AM (9Gr7n)

265 I could never be an astronaut. I'm too self-conscious about doing #2. I need complete isolation. And gravity.

Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:24 AM (geLO8)

266 The Left is like the Terminator. The Right can’t seem to grasp this.

Posted by: tubal at March 20, 2023 09:24 AM (PCK5/)

267 Jerry Oh! Always thinking.

Geraldo Rivera@GeraldoRivera
Chris Christie could be the strongest GOP alternative for POTUS; savvy, swagger, moderation, toughness

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (FVME7)

268 244 Electricians will be needed as long as there is electricity.
Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (SYTee)

If the current leftist have their ways we will need moar candlemakers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (BRHaw)

269 Uhhh, when was the legal retirement age raised in this country?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:20 AM (t0OGg)
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Could he be referring to the full SS age, which was raised in the Ryan budget deal back when he was Speaker?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (EAuAz)

270 White ppl not seasoning their food actually rly is based in racism & classism lol.

The reason white ppl don’t season food is bc historically, rich white ppl began to think seasoning was for brown ppl who had to season their food bc they couldn’t afford better tasting meat. They also associated unseasoned food w cleanliness & moral purity, calling it “clean” or “simple” eating. In medieval Europe the rich felt that once spices became affordable for everyone instead of just the wealthy, they no longer wanted them. ...
Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (NpAcC)
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This holds up. This is exactly why European empires descended on the East and India in an effort to control the spice trade. Nobody wanted spices, spices were low-class shit for colored people, and so the European empires spent generations of blood and treasure to control the trade in spices to prevent their xenophobic cultures from collecting impurities from the non-white world.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (t0OGg)

271 @224 CharlieBrownsDildo-lmao, Trumps second term is going about as well as DeSantis first term will go. You have the platform so instead of trolling anyone that says something positive about Trump with your Cult Of Trump BS, you can actually explain exactly wtf happened in Nov 2020? If you don’t think it was stolen and only a few shenanigans went on then explain it and how you think DeSantis(or anyone else for that matter) is going to win 24’. Step the F up or STFU. Your co blogger at least wrote a chapter in a book on how 2020 was stolen.

Posted by: JROD at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (OfHQj)

272 First silent treatment on the moon.

Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (SYTee)

273 They just can't stop - they are burning with rage and hate and power-lust, and have to grind it in the faces of the subject classes over and over and over again.

I almost have to admire whichever demons are possessing the wild-eyed madmen of our ruling class. Some of Satan's top guys, for sure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (oINRc)

274 “I will likely run again,” Abrams said. “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. If it doesn’t work, you try again.”
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Running is a difficult thing for her to do. She should try, maybe one day she will succeed and start on the path to a healthy weight.

Posted by: Stacey Abrams' Primary Care Doc at March 20, 2023 09:26 AM (fs1hN)

275 Family member is an independent electrician. It's a good life, always in demand. Some jobs are better (cleaner) than others like any occupation.

Posted by: Ziba at March 20, 2023 09:26 AM (4h9M3)

276 Last time I was in voir dire for jury duty, I told them I thought everyone under 25 was messed up, and after that, only about half.

They didn't pick me, lol.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 20, 2023 09:26 AM (ufFY8)

277 Whitmer Leaves Door Open for Future Madame Tussauds Spot

Posted by: PeeWee Herman at March 20, 2023 09:27 AM (RHGPo)

278 "I dreaded falling in love - but I knew this would be my last': Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, reveals he is ENGAGED to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, less than a year after divorcing fourth wife Jerry Hall

https://tinyurl.com/y57k4cbz

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

279 >Geraldo Rivera@GeraldoRivera
Chris Christie could be the strongest GOP alternative for POTUS

Hey bartender- cut that guy off

Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:27 AM (geLO8)

280 NATO military planners want to designate an additional 300,000 troops to be positioned along the eastern edge of the alliance on the border with Russia in order to forestall any thought by Moscow of expanding the war in Ukraine.

There's only one small problem; they don't know where they're going to get the weapons and ammunition.
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No worries. China will help.

Posted by: Joe Biden's Teleprompter at March 20, 2023 09:28 AM (EAuAz)

281 NATO intends to stop Russia if it decides to expand the war beyond Ukraine.

Imagine that, NATO intends to fight if Russia invades a NATO country.

Scintillating analysis.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 20, 2023 09:28 AM (40DMX)

282 I said here a month or so ago that I saw a commercial from a cancer clinic saying that half the population would get cancer in their lifetime. I figured they were trying to get ahead of something. Here it is.

https://twitter.com/i/status/
1635338064603250688

Posted by: Gwenn at March 20, 2023 09:28 AM (9Gr7n)

283 Submitted wirhout comment.

Ron Filipkowski@RonFilipkowski
Stormy keeps saying he is … less than well-endowed.
The most obvious way to end this case is to just show everyone that she is lying.
Simple.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 20, 2023 09:28 AM (FVME7)

284
Voir dire sounds like something that was left in the sous vide too long.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (enJYY)

285 First silent treatment on the moon.

Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (SYTee)

On the moon, no one can hear you scream.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (Angsy)

286 I bought a Shepard's pie and there was so much pepper on the beef that I couldn't eat it.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (44ww/)

287 Listening to radio yesterday there was a a weekly medical program that had on two medcial professionals from Viral Solutions, one the the companies put together to make a fortune from covid testing and vaccinations. Both were 40-ish females but listening to them sounded like a couple college girls with their self-absorption, giggling and "like" and "you know" and other verbal tics. Worse was the complete unthinking use of the left's vocabulary of empowered, overcoming male dominated profession, systemic racism, being heard, underserved communities etc.... No doubt they vote Dem but I doubt they think of themselves as leftists or activist. But they have complete absorbed the messaging and it is part of their identity and worldview. Challenging any of that would be like saying the sky is not blue and you would be dismissed as crazy.

Disturbing hearing talk like that knowing that there are millions and tens of millions more just like them

Posted by: Ripley at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (cUYo/)

288 The Judiciary in Israel has been steadily setting itself up as a Shadow Government that can overrule the Elected Government on any issue, at any time, for any reason. It has to be destroyed if there is to be any hope for anti-oligarcial rule. Netanyahu is doing what *must* be done for the survival of the Nation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (r46W7)

289 The entire premise and speculation that they are doing this to help Trump and keep Ron out falls utterly apart on one actual--and known--fact:
Every poll shows Trump will easily win the nomination.

If there is no chance Trump loses the nomination, why do they need to help him win the nomination?

PS: Trump is way ahead of all Republicans in support from minorities. What happens if this is the message, "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have a history of arresting people they don't like. She loved locking people up in CA and Biden tried to have me thrown in prison. As President, I'll make sure that never happens again to you or me."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (vGwDa)

290 "I dreaded falling in love - but I knew this would be my last': Billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, reveals he is ENGAGED to Ann Lesley Smith, 66, less than a year after divorcing fourth wife Jerry Hall
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The Succession writers room will decide that plot line in their own good time, buster, not you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (EAuAz)

291 >On the moon, no one can hear you scream.

Posted by: OrangeEnt

Or glare. Or pout.

Posted by: DB - dreading the dentist at March 20, 2023 09:30 AM (geLO8)

292 >>Ron Filipkowski@RonFilipkowski
Stormy keeps saying he is … less than well-endowed.
The most obvious way to end this case is to just show everyone that she is lying.
Simple.

I suppose this is getting back for the Paula Jones lawsuit against Clinton -- she described his junk and didn't that factor into the case?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2023 09:30 AM (mqu1M)

293 WTF? I played every Fallout game there is, it's not a pretty land.

That's perfect.

I play Gary Grigsby's War in the East. I've been in Odessa by mid-September - Von Manstein was a chump!

Posted by: spindrift at March 20, 2023 09:30 AM (h5TKJ)

294 First issue with parallel parking the moon rover.

Posted by: Archer at March 20, 2023 09:30 AM (gmo/4)

295 I will only vote for people who aggressively address 2020. So that puts me in an odd position, only willing to do the broken procedure.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 20, 2023 09:31 AM (44ww/)

296 286 I bought a Shepard's pie and there was so much pepper on the beef that I couldn't eat it.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 20, 2023 09:29 AM (44ww/)

Are you my dad? He thinks black pepper is too spicy.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 20, 2023 09:31 AM (UuD2k)

297 The vending machine coffee brings me back in time. Another half hour until they start sending us to courtrooms.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 20, 2023 09:31 AM (ve6rE)

298 284

Translation: To see to speak when in the dark? It's what they do, right?

Posted by: Ziba at March 20, 2023 09:31 AM (4h9M3)

299 First woman on the moon crashes her buggy into Neil Armstrong's.

Oho I kill me, women amirite?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 20, 2023 09:33 AM (44ww/)

300 Spice or not spice is simple - you have to have it in hot climates where every piece of meat starts to stink after two days, year round. Nations that have snow banks 6 months out of the year don't need it. Plus, once you get used to eating spices you always want more.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 20, 2023 09:33 AM (r46W7)

301 I hope the little green men on the moon remember to put the toilet seat down.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at March 20, 2023 09:33 AM (EZaTx)

302 80 year old Hollywood pervert and LINCOLN PROJECT SUPPORTER David Geffen has married his 30 year old beefcake boyfriend.

Posted by: fd at March 20, 2023 09:34 AM (iayUP)

303 I guess Mannix is doing the Art Thread.....

Posted by: JT at March 20, 2023 09:34 AM (T4tVD)

304 "first moon rock picked up by a woman"

First crater rearranged on the moon.
Posted by: davidt at March 20, 2023 09:12 AM (SYTee)

***

First sandwich made in space.

first lunar module that had to stop and ask directions to destination.

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at March 20, 2023 09:34 AM (flINI)

305 Does this EVA suit make me look fat?

Posted by: Archer at March 20, 2023 09:34 AM (gmo/4)

306 >>Plus, once you get used to eating spices you always want more.

This!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 20, 2023 09:34 AM (mqu1M)

307 Are you my dad? He thinks black pepper is too spicy.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 20, 2023 09:31 AM (UuD2k)

Do you have a beef sprinkler that you gently shake over a plate full of pepper?

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 20, 2023 09:34 AM (44ww/)

308 First woman on the moon

I'm already working on my screenplay.

Women On The Moon: The Lunatics Voyage Home

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 20, 2023 09:35 AM (40DMX)

309
A
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Posted by: rhennigantx at March 20, 2023 09:35 AM (BRHaw)

310 Ann Lesley Smith. There's a smart cookie.

Posted by: Ziba at March 20, 2023 09:35 AM (4h9M3)

311 Portland lefties are holding a "funeral" in loving memory of public health because their government no longer requires them to wear masks in healthcare settings

-
Don't tell me a freedom pandemic is breaking out!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at March 20, 2023 09:35 AM (FVME7)

312 That Lennon song

******

I just can't imagine.

Posted by: Muldoon at March 20, 2023 09:37 AM (ykeLU)

313 ... the Democrat calculus of preferring to face Trump rather than DeSantis for fear of him wiping the floor with Biden or whoever, since they regard Trump to be a pushover. Considering they have all but institutionalized election fraud in the key swing districts and states they stole in 2020, what does it matter who is running?

This rationale does not make sense to me at all. My theory remains that both the Left and the GOP establishment (GOPe) hate Trump and want him gone from politics. The GOPe seeks to do that by supporting his biggest rival, Ron DeSantis. The Left hates both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, but they know Donald Trump has massive support in the electorate, as evidenced by his 17.2% increase in votes from 2016 to 2020. That made it extremely difficult to rig and steal the 2020 election.

So the Left wants Ron DeSantis to win the Republican nomination to make their 2024 election steal much easier. With Ron DeSantis winning the nomination, the Republican electorate will be irreparably split. Ron DeSantis will not have anywhere near the 74.2 million votes that President Trump earned in 2020, making it that much easier to steal the election.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 09:38 AM (Do5/p)

314 This holds up. This is exactly why European empires descended on the East and India in an effort to control the spice trade. Nobody wanted spices, spices were low-class shit for colored people, and so the European empires spent generations of blood and treasure to control the trade in spices to prevent their xenophobic cultures from collecting impurities from the non-white world.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:25 AM (t0OGg)
*******
I like a lot of spice on my food, like paprika and cayenne pepper, but I am not really a fan of black pepper.
Probably because my mom would take the pepper shaker and cover the food in it before we took a bite.
She thought everything needed black pepper on it.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 20, 2023 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

315 300 Spice or not spice is simple - you have to have it in hot climates where every piece of meat starts to stink after two days, year round. Nations that have snow banks 6 months out of the year don't need it. Plus, once you get used to eating spices you always want more.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 20, 2023 09:33 AM

This is mostly true. I watched a documentary on spice, and it seemed to come from dry, arid deserts, but I wasn't clear on how hot it was. It actually isn't a plant at all, but an animal product from huge worms living under the sand.

Because it's so rare and expensive, it's the source of typical capitalism and colonial oppression, with constant war and income inequality. It also has some trippy psychedelic properties, but the documentary must be partially government funded, because it portrayed unrealistic consequences of drug use in a lame attempt to discourage it.

Posted by: DU sooper genius, probably at March 20, 2023 09:39 AM (JCZqz)

316 Good morning all. Are they really going to arrest Trump?

Posted by: IC - #FJB #MitchTheBitch at March 20, 2023 09:41 AM (mnUzy)

317 316 Good morning all. Are they really going to arrest Trump?
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Well its NYC. What else do they do other than pump and dump and project their sins on others?

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 20, 2023 09:43 AM (8Sqzu)

318 But yes, DeSantis something something.

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How is Trump's second term going?

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It's weird that you left off the entire first part of the post that dealt with the historic and unprecedented cheating used to seat Biden.

You make my point for me.

Posted by: They intend to crash the banks with Trump's arrest at March 20, 2023 09:43 AM (jqexa)

319 The Democrats say...No Justice, No Peace

Guardian, March 16, 2023

Federal prosecutors warn court of potential deluge of January 6 charges – report
Court officials estimate another 700 to 1,200 defendants could face charges as editor of New York Jewish newspaper arrested

Posted by: Lola - free Jacob Chansley at March 20, 2023 09:45 AM (GshMh)

320 So the Left wants Ron DeSantis to win the Republican nomination to make their 2024 election steal much easier. With Ron DeSantis winning the nomination, the Republican electorate will be irreparably split. Ron DeSantis will not have anywhere near the 74.2 million votes that President Trump earned in 2020, making it that much easier to steal the election.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 09:38 AM (Do5/p)

It no longer matters. When Mike Pence has sent you to the cuckshed, you're done for a cycle, and likely as a national force. RDS could reverse that by doing something to fatally rupture the New York scheming, but for obvious reasons that's unlikely to happen.

Posted by: trev006 at March 20, 2023 09:46 AM (DTm0P)

321 Posted by: DU sooper genius, probably at March 20, 2023 09:39 AM (JCZqz)
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*snort*

Well done.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 20, 2023 09:48 AM (t0OGg)

322 I have a buddy who is a 5+ generation rancher. He became angered and felt insulted when I put a dash of pepper on a steak. Suggested that if I wanted dirt on my steak, I should throw it out on the road and roll it around a couple of times.

He is a firm believer that the flavor of a properly prepared cut of steak should stand on its own.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 20, 2023 09:48 AM (Jg7EG)

323 He is a firm believer that the flavor of a properly prepared cut of steak should stand on its own
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If it is aged properly, yes. If not, not so much.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 20, 2023 09:49 AM (8Sqzu)

324 It no longer matters. When Mike Pence has sent you to the cuckshed, you're done for a cycle, and likely as a national force. RDS could reverse that by doing something to fatally rupture the New York scheming, but for obvious reasons that's unlikely to happen.

Posted by: trev006 at March 20, 2023 09:46 AM

My take on Ron DeSantis is he has no shot at the Presidency no matter what he does. He is either a younger version of President Trump and ready to take the baton and lead the MAGA movement into the future, in which case he will be destroyed by the Left and GOPe as they destroyed President Trump...

... or he is a GOP establishment man and will never get the support of the Republican conservative base which is done supporting the GOPe.

So, the best bet for Ron DeSantis is to continue doing the great work he is doing in Florida as Governor and inspire other governors across the country to do the same.

There is no Republican candidate path to 270 electoral votes right now. The Arizona governor election steal took care of that. So best to focus on turning things around at the local level.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 09:55 AM (Do5/p)

325 >>>If it is aged properly, yes. If not, not so much.

Posted by: Pudinhead

>I put all of the pepper and spices on the potato and side dishes and he was okay with that.

Now we trigger him every time we have dinner together.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 20, 2023 09:58 AM (Jg7EG)

326 But so far, his negatives outweigh the positives. YMMV, but I think a lot of people are feeling this way about him.
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My big problem is his inability to detect evil in others. Look at Cohen. Even before his stint as President, Trump surrounded himself with dirtbags.

I don't think Trump is a dirtbag, but I do think he simply cannoy perceive evil intent in other human beings.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at March 20, 2023 09:59 AM (b306O)

327 I'm sorry but DeSantis is no longer relevant for the next election. Abd I really do understand where Ace was coming from the other day, because I'm. also cursed with Resting Bitch Tone. So I'll try to keep this simple:

This election is about Loyalty. After ehat Trump did for us, after what he and his family suffered for us, if we can't stand by him then we have no right to complain about the GOP Establishment , or the Romneys and McCains, all the grifters, all the betrayals. It's Dan Crenshaws all the way down

Posted by: Fen at March 20, 2023 10:07 AM (+LcMo)

328 I don't think Trump is a dirtbag, but I do think he simply cannoy perceive evil intent in other human beings.
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You seem to think he does not use evil to support the good. He is from NYC. This is how you play things there.

Posted by: Pudinhead at March 20, 2023 10:08 AM (8Sqzu)

329 If you want to get out of jury duty, carry a Bible into the courtroom. I've seen it happen.

Posted by: Gwenn at March 20, 2023 10:09 AM (9Gr7n)

330 But it gets worse (sorry). Going with DeSantis is going to feel wise at first. His unknowns hint at a lot of promise, like a girl you've been dying to undress for the first time. But something significant will have changed:

"We just betrayed the 2nd Coming of Ronald Reagan to Pontius Pilate, Ron. So please show us you were worth it"

Anyone want that on their plate? we're going to have expectations of him that no one would be able to meet.

And worst of all, regardless of how well he does, once all these events have rushed past and we begin to sort them out, many of us are going to feel like we left our best friend behind to be mailed by a bear. It will haunt us.

I'm not going to die with that on my conscience. And I'm tired of erring on the side of caution. If I foul out it will be because I'm going for the ball

Posted by: Fen at March 20, 2023 10:11 AM (+LcMo)

331 I think Trump is an ESTP. With Extraverted Intuition at the very bottom of his cognitive stack and Introverted Feeling just above, it seems most likely.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at March 20, 2023 10:13 AM (b306O)

332 And if you know how much the Left hates us - we have hecklers at Instapundit cheering our expected train ride to the gulags ,- then you know they're not going to leave his wife and daughter untouched. they're going to go after them in the worst possible way.

I don't even see how this is up for debate

Posted by: Fen at March 20, 2023 10:19 AM (+LcMo)

333 Excellent comments, Fen.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 20, 2023 10:36 AM (3ImbR)

334 ""you seem to think he does not use evil to support the good. He is from NYC. This is how you play things there"

Nah that's not Evil, that's the petty corruptio of trust fund brats pretending to be bad boys NYC voids itself in the face of true evil.

True evil is murdeting 120 million people for having the wrong opinion.

True evil is gaslighting people sbout their nental health because you get off knowing your the cause as you watch them go insane

True evil is condemning generations if people to slavery and starvation because you're a control freak you would rather be king of the ruins than not King at all.

We should not hsve let the Marxists live. The principles of Edmund Burke were enough for his era. but they can't handle 20th Century Marxism. We're the British Red Coats marching up to a hull down Panzer Division. The Marxists have completely hollowed us out fron the inside. Its why our institutions fell so quickly to Wokedom, like a crusade swept over the country. After decades of Hate America people felt it wasn't worth saving.

Posted by: Fen at March 20, 2023 10:42 AM (+LcMo)

335 Great post, J. J.

Once this arrest happens, the results will reverberate throughout the world. These leftists are out to destroy the country.

Posted by: PJ at March 20, 2023 11:16 AM (G1dq6)

336 After decades of Hate America people felt it wasn't worth saving.
Posted by: Fen at March 20, 2023 10:42 AM (+LcMo)
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You had me till the end. I don't think this is accurate.

I think we're hollowed out - on the promises of a 5th generation set of lies all predicated on the concept that taking a little from everybody can do a lot of good for the few who need it. That government is charity, and it can solve social and economic problems.

We got on fine for 129 years before federal income taxes. We got on fine for 150+ years with no standing federal army. We got on fine for 150+ years without federally finded retirement. We got on for almost 100 years before the current "public" school system.

All of this got kicked off in earnest under Wilson, and it's been Progress- ivism ever since. But each generation told the next, this is how it is, and this is how it's always been, and slave away for grandpa, and bake the cake, and just following orders, and children have no gender.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at March 20, 2023 11:29 AM (b306O)

337 Not surprised the Murdoch-owned, DeSantis aligned NY Post article throws in the imbecilic claim the Manhattan DA is persecuting President Trump because he wants to improve President Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 GOP nomination.

Yeah sure, the Democrats were thinking the same thing when they impeached him twice; elevated porn actress Stormy Daniels and her creepy corrupt lawyer as a potential Democrat Dream team for the 2020 election; Hillary, McCain, Comey, and the rest of the corrupt UniParty, Deep State, and Media peddled the Pee Pee Dossier as fact-based.

Only cold stone imbecilic morons, such as this site’s clueless, peachy boomer, CBD, advanced this theory.

Posted by: Dummy #43 at March 20, 2023 11:42 AM (FkMTW)

338 Miranda Devine does some good work but when it comes to Donald Trump an employee of Rupert Murdoch is an employee of Rupert Murdoch.

Posted by: JABrown at March 20, 2023 11:52 AM (hECjz)

339
BourbonChicken, you aren't the only one in that position.

Until 2020 is addessed, given an honest day in court and people in both major political parties held to account at the federal, state and local level, there will be NO SUPPORT from me to any Repiblican, save DJT.

So as far as I'm concerned, the nation is done. The Dems and GOPe are just pilfering the brass fixtures from the Titanic, as it sinks. I only hope I get to see the day these corporatist whores of the GOPe get lined up in front of a firing squad. FUCK THEM!

Posted by: Tracy at March 20, 2023 12:07 PM (KPPbj)

340 I'm glad Trump is still talking about the the theft of the last election. It has to be addressed. Everyone seems to not want to talk about it and put it in the past. I think that is a big mistake.

Posted by: spypeach at March 20, 2023 08:09 AM

Agreed. As you mention, President Trump won the 2020 election. But it was rigged and stolen from him and the electorate. If the Deep State is allowed to get away with that -- and thus far they have -- with zero consequences, then nothing else matters. Because the country is finished when the election process is fraudulent and rigged.

The fact that many people want to move past the fact that a Presidential election was blatantly rigged and stolen and no one faced any consequences for it -- and nothing of consequence has been done to fix the issue -- tells me that those people are not serious about the future of this country.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 12:36 PM (Do5/p)

341 I'd say this to Republicans that have grown Trump-weary, you may no longer wish to have him as your president, but you owe him your allegiance in this matter, regardless.

You cannot be nonplussed in this, whether your preference be Jeb Bush, Ron DeSantis or Alfred E. Newman.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at March 20, 2023 08:12 AM

The bigger issue for me is the rigged and stolen 2020 Presidential election. There is a Trump meme out there which states "They are not after me, they are after you. I am just in their way." The Deep State took care of that by rigging and stealing the 2020 election.

Since then, with President Trump out of the way, the Deep State has had free reign to come after each and every one of us. And they have, starting with the January 6th protesters.

Discarding Trump represents the electorate accepting the Deep State rigging and steal of the 2020 election and accepting that we no longer have legitimate elections in this country. If the electorate accepts that, the Deep State will know they will accept anything. And the Deep State will continue to take out every single future MAGA candidate as they did President Trump (and Kari Lake and others).

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 12:55 PM (Do5/p)

342 Swing and a miss. They don't fear Trump. They demonstrated quite well that they can largely contain him. I have nor reason to suspect that the thought process is any different for DeSantis.

This is vengeance. It's vengeance against Trump for having the audacity to think that a non-Deep-State-aligned outsider has any place in Washington and it's both vengeance against and a warning to the people who supported him. To the the people, the message is, "if you try this again, we'll hamstring the guy and gleefully run up the score until you damn rubes understand your place. You have no chance. We hate you and will destroy your symbols and hopes. If you try direct action, you'll end up in a gulag as a political prisoner like the Jan 6 crew."

100% agreed. The only sense in which the Deep State "fears" a President Trump run for re-election is they know it will make their job more difficult in rigging and stealing the election again. So I think they prefer Ron DeSantis, as his nomination would split the Republican electorate and make the steal much easier.

Vengeance is correct. Deep State is going full Ender's Game.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 12:59 PM (Do5/p)

343 “ My biggest negatives are his age, his puerile name-calling against DeSantis, and most distressing, his making the theft of the 2020 election the central pillar of his campaign. ”

You forgot that Trump is easily influenced by insiders and sycophants who kiss his asterisk. And that Kushner snake, who undermined everything good Trump promised to do.

I don’t mind his name calling. That’s just Trump. I do mind that he is easily swayed. I can’t get over that enough to make him my primary choice. He’s still better than 99% of them, but for now let the arguments flower. I’m listening th Vivek, and watching DeSantis, and they would both be good in my opinion. It it’s early and we have a year until the first votes are cast. I might even change my mind about Trump meanwhile.

Everyone needs to take a chill pill and listen and discuss. Just because Trump likes to insult doesn’t mean we have to do it.

Posted by: Justin Castreau at March 20, 2023 01:41 PM (V8yYW)

344 The 2020 steal may be a significant issue to many people, but it has no business in the 2024 campaign. Campaigns are all about the future, not the past.

Make it a part of the next administration to help states clean up their elections, sure, but in a campaign it is a loser issue.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:29 AM (12BxK)

Considering there is no future for this country if the election system is not fixed, addressing the 2020 steal -- and the 2022 steal of Arizona Governor election -- is *the* most important issue concerning this country's future.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 02:45 PM (Do5/p)

345 Democrats have been stealing elections for as long as there have been Democrats. Harping on about it does no one any good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 20, 2023 08:31 AM (12BxK)

And not saying or doing anything about the stolen elections means the Deep State will continue to rig and steal elections. In which case, voting is meaningless. In which case, everything is meaningless as we no longer have a functioning Republic.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at March 20, 2023 02:48 PM (Do5/p)

346 I sometimes wonder about the people Prez Trump put his trust in. Cohen, being a perfect example. He always looked and acted like tissue paper.

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